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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 308 U.S. 132 - Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves · 1939Most cited · 498 citing opinions

intoxicants

Property rights in intoxicants depend on state laws and cease if the liquor becomes contraband

How often courts cite the cases defining “contraband”

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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “contraband” — 507 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 · 1816–1939

  1. 1816·14 U.S. 382 - Lindgren[p6]· cited 10×
    ORIGINAL

    So also of provisions, they are not, in general, contraband; but if the produce of an enemy's country, and not destined for the ordinary sustenance of human life, but for military or naval use, they become contraband, according to the law of England.

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