fair approximation of use
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From 405 U.S. 707 - Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc. · 1972Most cited · 464 citing opinions
At least so long as the toll is based on some fair approximation of use or privilege for use... and is neither discriminatory against interstate commerce nor excessive in comparison with the governmental benefit conferred, it will pass constitutional muster, even though some other formula might reflect more exactly the relative use of the state facilities by individual users.