Opinion ID: 391163
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Heading: The Skyride is an Article

Text: 25 Steck & Stapf argues that the Skyride is not an article because it is too large to be exchanged between consumers. The only authority cited to support this extremely limited interpretation is Webster's definition of an article as a commodity. Webster's New World Dictionary 42 (1969). If Webster's definition is controlling, it designates the Skyride. The Skyride is certainly a commodity, a tangible item capable of being sold. Moreover, Webster's also defines commodity as article of commerce. If there be a distinctive difference between the words, we are unable to discern it. That Congress found it necessary to exempt aircraft and boats from the definition of consumer product, 15 U.S.C. § 2052(a)(1)(F)-(G), indicates that size is not a defining limitation to the term article. 6 Be it ever so large, the Skyride is an article. 26