inspection
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 232 U.S. 494 - D. E. Foote & Co. v. Stanley · 1914Most cited · 133 citing opinions
state inspection laws
Inspection is intended to determine the weight, condition, quantity, and quality of merchandise to be sold within or beyond the state's borders. It is usually 'accomplished by looking at or weighing or measuring the thing to be inspected,' though there may be cases in which some degree of supervision or policing is required in order to secure the proper certification of the property intended for sale or shipment. But while the two duties may sometimes overlap, there is a difference between policing and inspection.
How often courts cite the cases defining “inspection”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “inspection” — 163 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 · 1914–1925
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