common carrier
Example Sentences
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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
We cannot stress this enough: No, an Ohio judge did not declare Google a common carrier this week.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2022
These corporations “are not engaged in indiscriminate, neutral transmission of any and all users’ speech” like a common carrier.
From Slate • May 12, 2022
Florida and Texas are both, to some extent, relying on the common carrier argument.
From The Verge • Dec. 16, 2021
A person who carries goods for hire in a particular case, and not as a common carrier, is answerable only for ordinary neglect, unless he expressly takes the risk of a common carrier.
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.