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Definitions from Case Law

From 117 U.S. 1 - Memphis Co v. · 1886Most cited · 245 citing opinions

always by the shortest line of communication, to all the principal cities in the South,—namely, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Montgomery, New Orleans, Memphis, and other places,—and in so doing was aways afforded by those occupying the public office of a common carrier all necessary facilities therefor, and which facilities were by said carriers increased to the said Adams Express Company in proportion with the increase of the dem

How often courts cite the case defining “express”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “express” — 242 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.