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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 292 U.S. 80 - Aschenbrenner v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 1934Most cited · 378 citing opinions

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In its usual popular significance the term, when applied to one riding a train, indicates a traveler, intending to be transported for hire or upon contract with the carrier, and distinguishes him from those employed to render service in connection with the journey.

How often courts cite the case defining “passenger”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “passenger” — 378 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.