Air commerce
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 328 U.S. 256 - United States v. Causby · 1946Most cited · 2,150 citing opinions
including "any operation or navigation of aircraft which directly affects, or which may endanger safety in, interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce."
49 U. S. C. § 401 (3).
How often courts cite the cases defining “Air commerce”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Air commerce” — 2,807 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 · 1946–1964
interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce or the transportation of mail by aircraft or any operation or navigation of aircraft within the limits of any Federal airway or any operation or navigation of aircraft which directly affects, or which may endanger safety in, interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce.