initial carrier
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 331 U.S. 731 - Mexican Light & Power Co. v. Texas Mexican Railway Co. · 1947Most cited · 65 citing opinions
Carmack Amendment
while each connecting carrier is, of course, liable for damage occurring on its line, only the initial carrier is liable for damage on any of the connections
How often courts cite the case defining “initial carrier”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “initial carrier” — 65 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.