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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 38 U.S. 378 - John Wilcox v. Crester Hunt · 1839Most cited · 34 citing opinions

validity vs. remedy

The validity and interpretation of contracts are to be governed by the laws of the country where they are made; but the remedy must be according to the laws of the country where the suit is brought.

How often courts cite the case defining “Contracts”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Contracts” — 34 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.