power to regulate
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 230 U.S. 58 - City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 1913Most cited · 272 citing opinions
broad meaning
The word 'regulate' is one of broad import. It is the word used in the Federal Constitution to define the power of Congress over foreign and interstate commerce, and he who reads the many opinions of this court will perceive how broad and comprehensive it has been held to be. If the city gives a right to the use of the streets or public grounds, as it did by ordinance No. 11,604, it simply regulates the use when it prescribes the terms and conditions upon which they shall be used.
How often courts cite the case defining “power to regulate”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “power to regulate” — 269 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.