common carrier
Example Sentences
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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
That was the only thing Jeanine had consumed, and it was a common carrier of Cronobacter.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022
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
Though the United States is a common carrier for carrying mails, it cannot be held liable because it is a branch of the government.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
