advocate
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 354 U.S. 298 - Yates v. United States · 1957Most cited · 2,620 citing opinions
to urge or 'to plead in favor of; * * * to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly * * *'; '(2) the word 'teach' means 'to instruct * * * show how * * * to guide the studies of * * *'; 'The holding of a belief or opinion does not constitute advocacy or teaching.
How often courts cite the case defining “advocate”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “advocate” — 2,614 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.