line-haul carrier
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 343 U.S. 373 - Swift & Co. v. United States · 1952Most cited · 69 citing opinions
A line-haul carrier is a common carrier by railroad which transports livestock and other freight in interstate traffic, as distinguished from a carrier such as Junction, which performs services in a local switching area.
How often courts cite the case defining “line-haul carrier”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “line-haul carrier” — 69 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.