Also known as: transport · transports · transported · transporting
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The movement of goods or persons from one place to another by a carrier.
Tara Tran, an indigent client represented pro bono by attorney Thomas Thompson, faces eviction and lacks funds for a bus pass to reach court hearings. Thompson gives her a modest prepaid transit card covering two weeks of local travel. The gift covers only basic living needs and creates no expectation of repayment or continued representation.
Police officers stop Tonya Takahashi on a public sidewalk based only on an unverified tip. They place her in a patrol car and drive her several miles to the station for questioning. The transport converts the encounter into a full arrest that requires probable cause.
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Trailblazer Airlines receives nonconforming aircraft parts from a supplier and rightfully rejects them. The airline retains the parts in its warehouse and incurs reasonable trucking fees to move them to a secure storage site. These transportation expenses become part of the airline's security interest in the goods.
Thaddeus Tran forcibly seizes Tracy Torres in State A and drives her across the state line into State B against her will. The movement from one jurisdiction to another completes the common-law kidnapping. Torres's lack of consent and the interstate transport establish the offense.
Topaz Mining contracts to purchase mining equipment that the seller fails to deliver. The buyer covers by purchasing substitute equipment from another vendor and pays additional freight charges to have the new equipment rushed to the mine site. These transportation expenses qualify as incidental damages recoverable from the breaching seller.
Tamara Tan ships perishable produce by rail from her farm to a distant market. The carrier's delay in transit causes spoilage and lost sales. The cost of the rail movement itself becomes relevant when calculating damages for the carrier's breach of the transportation contract.
Transporting a suspect from the scene to a station house for questioning is the functional equivalent of an arrest. Officers must therefore possess probable cause rather than mere reasonable suspicion. Any resulting statements or evidence may be suppressed if the transport lacked the required justification.
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A buyer who rightfully rejects goods obtains a security interest that includes reasonable expenses for inspection, receipt, transportation, care, and custody. The buyer may also recover these same transportation costs as incidental damages when the seller breaches. Resale of the goods follows the same rules that govern an aggrieved seller.
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A lawyer representing an indigent client pro bono may provide modest gifts that cover transportation and other basic living expenses. The gift must not be promised before retention or used to induce continuation of the relationship. The lawyer may never seek reimbursement from the client or anyone affiliated with the client.
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Common-law kidnapping required the forcible abduction or carrying away of a person from his own country and the transportation of that person into another country. The interstate or international movement completed the offense and distinguished it from simple false imprisonment.
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…property, and if the investment itself is not to be considered, as is held by this Court, then neither is depreciation. In Transport Oil Co. v. Exeter Oil Co. Ltd. , 84 Cal. App. 2d 616, 191 P.2d 129, it was held that operation of an oil and gas leasehold at an annual profit of about $4,300, without deduction of reserves…