in the public interest
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 382 U.S. 237 - Western Pacific Railroad v. United States · 1965Most cited · 32 citing opinions
more than a mere desire on the part of shippers for something that would merely be convenient or desirable for them.
How often courts cite the case defining “in the public interest”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “in the public interest” — 32 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.