action
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 131 U.S. 123 - Thompson v. Hubbard · 1889Most cited · 126 citing opinions
an action either at law or in equity.
How often courts cite the case defining “action”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “action” — 126 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.