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common carrier

NOUN
transport or telecommunications company
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“It would undercut safety and be the opposite of good business, the opposite of fulfilling the common carrier obligation, and the opposite of meeting the congressional commandment to serve the public.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

As professor Eugene Volokh, one of the originators of the common carrier analogy, explains, what separates entities such as newspapers from entities such as phone companies is whether they produce a “coherent speech product.”

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2024

We cannot stress this enough: No, an Ohio judge did not declare Google a common carrier this week.

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2022

Florida and Texas are both, to some extent, relying on the common carrier argument.

From The Verge ● Dec. 16, 2021

Unless otherwise agreed, he is liable for damage or loss through negligence, and if he be a common carrier, as he frequently is, even the absence of negligence may not save him.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various


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