Commission
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo · 1976Most cited · 10,511 citing opinions
the Federal Election Commission established by section 437c(a)(1) of Title 2, United States Code.
How the Supreme Court has restated “Commission”
Each Supreme Court definition of “Commission,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.
How often courts cite the cases defining “Commission”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Commission” — 10,514 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 3 definitions, chronological · 1832–1976
- ORIGINAL
The word commission, ex vi termini, imports a written authority; and the offence under this part of the act of congress... consists in issuing or delivering a commission for any ship or vessel with intent that she may be employed, &c.
ex vi termini
the Federal Election Commission