claimant
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 354 U.S. 129 - British Transport Commission v. United States · 1957Most cited · 237 citing opinions
only the claimant of the vessel involved and not to those making claims against the vessel.
How often courts cite the cases defining “claimant”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “claimant” — 237 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 · 1957–2025
a person bringing a civil action except for a State "with respect to a civil action brought to recover damages sustained by the State." 15 U. S. C. § 7a(4).