Contract Clause
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 11 U.S. 164 - New Jersey v. Wilson · 1812Most cited · 132 citing opinions
extends to state contracts
It was decided in this Court on solemn argument and much deliberation, that this provision of the constitution extends to contracts to which a state is a party, as well as to contracts between individuals.
How often courts cite the case defining “Contract Clause”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Contract Clause” — 132 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.