commodity rates
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 379 U.S. 343 - All States Freight, Inc. v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 1964Most cited · 45 citing opinions
rates made specifically applicable for the carriage of a particular commodity or group of commodities from one designated point to another. The original function of commodity rates, which are generally lower than class rates, was to encourage the movement of bulk commodities, such as coal and grain
How often courts cite the case defining “commodity rates”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “commodity rates” — 45 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case 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.