privilege or franchise
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 283 U.S. 291 - Susquehanna Power Co. v. State Tax Commission · 1931Most cited · 108 citing opinions
the distinction has long been taken between a privilege or franchise granted by the government to a private corporation in order to effect some governmental purpose, and the property employed by the grantee in the exercise of the privilege, but for private business advantage
How often courts cite the case defining “privilege or franchise”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “privilege or franchise” — 108 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.