Traffic
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 7 U.S. 210 - Hallet and Bowne v. Jenks and Others · 1805Most cited · 5 citing opinions
under non-intercourse law
The terms of the act of congress seem to imply an intentional offence on the part of the owners... when there is no such intention; when the vessel has been absolutely forced, by stress of weather, to go into a French port, and land her cargo; when part has been seized for the use of the government of France, and the master has been forbidden by the public officers of the port to relade the residue, and to sell it for any thing valuable, except the produce of the country, the mere taking away such produce cannot be deemed such a traffic as is contemplated by the act of congress.
How often courts cite the case defining “Traffic”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Traffic” — 5 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.