corporate franchise
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 285 U.S. 480 - Pacific Co. v. Johnson · 1932Most cited · 234 citing opinions
the franchise, the privilege of doing business in corporate form, which is a legitimate subject of taxation, does not cease to be such because it is exercised in the acquisition and enjoyment of nontaxables
How often courts cite the case defining “corporate franchise”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “corporate franchise” — 234 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.