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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 242 U.S. 503 - Von Baumbach v. Sargent Land Co. · 1917Most cited · 631 citing opinions
definition
This court adopted with approval the definition, judicially approved in other cases, which included within the comprehensive term 'business' 'that which occupies the time, attention, and labor of men for the purpose of a livelihood or profit.
How often courts cite the cases defining “business”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “business” — 837 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 · 1917–1929
The word 'business,' as here used, must be limited in application to intercourse of a commercial character; and we hold that the departmental regulation, to the effect that temporary visits for the purpose of performing labor for hire are not within the purview of section 3(2) of the act, is in accordance with the congressional intent.