coercion
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 361 U.S. 199 - Blackburn v. Alabama · 1960Most cited · 2,222 citing opinions
coercion can be mental as well as physical, and the blood of the accused is not the only hallmark of an unconstitutional inquisition
How often courts cite the cases defining “coercion”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “coercion” — 2,754 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 · 1941–1960
- ORIGINAL
conduct, though evidenced in part by speech, may amount in connection with other circumstances to coercion within the meaning of the Act. If the total activities of an employer restrain or coerce his employees in their free choice, then those employees are entitled to the protection of the Act.