come to rest
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 290 U.S. 1 - Minnesota v. Blasius · 1933Most cited · 392 citing opinions
Where property has come to rest within a state, being held there at the pleasure of the owner, for disposal or use, so that he may dispose of it either within the state, or for shipment elsewhere, as his interest dictates, it is deemed to be a part of the general mass of property within the state and is thus subject to its taxing power.
How often courts cite the cases defining “come to rest”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “come to rest” — 599 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1933–1947
Where property has come to rest within a state, being held there at the pleasure of the owner, for disposal or use, so that he may dispose of it either within the state, or for shipment elsewhere, as his interest dictates, it is deemed to be a part of the general mass of property within the state and is thus subject to its taxing power.