Contracts
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”
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.