in use
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 269 U.S. 406 - Minneapolis St Ry Co v. Goneau · 1926Most cited · 108 citing opinions
Safety Appliance Act · construing 49 U.S.C. § 20301 · Safety Appliance Act
A defective car is still in use when it has been moved with the train from the main line to a siding, to be cut out and left so that the other cars may proceed on their journey. And so it is while still in a section of the train on the main line, to be coupled up and proceed on its journey as a part of the train.
How often courts cite the case defining “in use”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “in use” — 108 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.