manufacturer
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 207 U.S. 556 - Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n v. United States · 1908Most cited · 42 citing opinions
one who is engaged in the business of working raw materials into wares suitable for use; who gives new shapes, new qualities, new combinations, to matter which has already gone through some artificial process.
How often courts cite the case defining “manufacturer”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “manufacturer” — 183 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.