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Causation

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 352 U.S. 500 - Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 1957Most cited · 2,584 citing opinions

Federal Employers' Liability Act · construing 45 U.S.C. § 51 · Federal Employers' Liability Act

the test of a jury case is simply whether the proofs justify with reason the conclusion that employer negligence played any part, even the slightest, in producing the injury or death for which damages are sought

How often courts cite the cases defining “Causation”

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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Causation” — 3,843 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.

All 2 definitions, chronological · 1957–1991

  1. the proxy statement is an essential link in completing the transaction, even if the minority lacks sufficient votes to defeat a proposal of management.