consolidation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 289 U.S. 479 - Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co. · 1933Most cited · 906 citing opinions
consolidation is permitted as a matter of convenience and economy in administration, but does not merge the suits into a single cause, or change the rights of the parties, or make those who are parties in one suit parties in another
How often courts cite the cases defining “consolidation”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “consolidation” — 1,480 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 · 1932–1933
- ORIGINAL
Its use is in the restricted sense of the formation of a 'single system for ownership' as well as for 'operation.' This distinction between control where separate ownership continues, and consolidation where a single ownership is created, is a familiar one in the law.