connecting carrier
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 285 U.S. 127 - Galveston Wharf Co. v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. · 1932Most cited · 98 citing opinions
a common carrier furnishing a necessary link in the transportation under the through bill of lading; that it was not named in the bill of lading is unimportant
How often courts cite the case defining “connecting carrier”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “connecting carrier” — 95 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.