certainty
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 311 U.S. 544 - Palmer v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. · 1941Most cited · 369 citing opinions
proof of damages
Certainty in the fact of damage is essential. Certainty as to the amount goes no further than to require a basis for a reasoned conclusion. The certainty of the evidence as to damages for rejection of a lease depends upon the same tests as in other situations where damages are difficult of proof.
How often courts cite the case defining “certainty”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “certainty” — 366 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.