inherent vice
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 377 U.S. 134 - Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & Stahl · 1964Most cited · 926 citing opinions
any existing defects, diseases, decay or the inherent nature of the commodity which will cause it to deteriorate with a lapse of time
How often courts cite the case defining “inherent vice”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “inherent vice” — 926 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.