Interstate movement
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 244 U.S. 183 - Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Barlow · 1917Most cited · 94 citing opinions
termination
We think their interstate movement terminated before the cars left the sidings, and that while removing them the switching crew was not employed in interstate commerce.
How often courts cite the cases defining “Interstate movement”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Interstate movement” — 175 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 · 1917–1917
- ORIGINAL
This movement [that is, interstate commerce movement] does not begin until the articles have been shipped or started for transportation from the one state to the other. The carrying of them in carts or other vehicles, or even floating them, to the depot where the journey is to commence, is no part of that journey. ... Until actually launched on its way to another state, or committed to a common carrier for transportation to such state, its destination is not fixed and certain. It may be sold or otherwise disposed of within the state, and never put in course of transportation out of the state.
commencement