interstate commerce
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 332 U.S. 218 - United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 1947Most cited · 1,165 citing opinions
interstate commerce is an intensely practical concept drawn from the normal and accepted course of business
United States Code
7 U.S.C. § 1A — as used in this chapter (3 versions over time)
The term “interstate commerce” means commerce—
(A) between any State, territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or
(B) between points within the same State, territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof, or within any territory or possession, or the District of Columbia.
7 U.S.C. § 1561 — in this chapter
The term “interstate commerce” means—
(A) commerce between any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia, and any other State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia; or
(B) commerce between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or
(C) commerce within the District of Columbia.
7 U.S.C. § 7702 — in this chapter
The term “interstate commerce” means trade, traffic, or other commerce—
(A) between a place in a State and a point in another State, or between points within the same State but through any place outside that State; or
(B) within the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
7 U.S.C. § 8302 — in this chapter
The term “interstate commerce” means trade, traffic, or other commerce—
(A) between a place in a State and a place in another State, or between places within the same State but through any place outside that State; or
(B) within the District of Columbia or any territory or possession of the United States.
15 U.S.C. § 1214 — as used in this chapter
As used in this chapter, the term “interstate commerce” includes commerce between one State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and another State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
15 U.S.C. § 1241 — as used in this chapter
The term “interstate commerce” means commerce between any State, Territory, possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof.
15 U.S.C. § 1261 — for the purposes of this chapter
The term “interstate commerce” means (1) commerce between any State or territory and any place outside thereof, and (2) commerce within the District of Columbia or within any territory not organized with a legislative body.
15 U.S.C. § 1701 — for the purposes of this chapter
“interstate commerce” means trade or commerce among the several States or between any foreign country and any State;
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Commerce state fov property in another, its essential characteristic being that it involves the moving of property from one state to another. 223 111. 590. See "Commerce." A shipment from one state to another under a contract for continuous carriage is interstate commerce, even as to so much of the journey as is within the limits of a single state (102 U. S. 541), or though the journey is temporarily interrupted before leaving the state (116 U. S. 517); but a shipment between points in the' same state is not interstate commerce, though the goods are carried out of the state en route (145 U. S. 192).
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Commerce. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS-
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Traffic, intercourse, commercial trading, or the transportation of persons or property between or among the several states of the Union, or from or between points in one state and points in another slate ; commerce between two states, or between places Lying in different states. Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 194, 6 L. Ed. 23 ; Wabash, etc. R. Co. v. Illinois, 118 U. S. 557, 7 Sup. Ct. 4, 30 L. Ed. 244; Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Railroad Com'rs (C. C.) 19 Fed. 701.
Defined under Interstate in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Trallic, intercourse, commercial trading, er the transportation of persons or property between or among the several states of the Union, or from or bet ween points in one slate aud points in another state; commerce between two states, or between places lying in different states.