through route
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 351 U.S. 321 - Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. Union Pacific Railroad · 1956Most cited · 39 citing opinions
the test of the existence of a 'through route' is whether the participating carriers hold themselves out as offering through transportation service
How often courts cite the cases defining “through route”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “through route” — 64 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 · 1956–1961
- 1961·366 U.S. 745 - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. United States[fn3]· cited 25×
A 'through route' is an arrangement, express or implied, between connecting railroads for the continuous carriage of goods from the originating point on the line of one carrier—to destination on the line of another.