court in banc
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 363 U.S. 685 - United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp. · 1960Most cited · 282 citing opinions
En banc courts are the exception, not the rule. They are convened only when extraordinary circumstances exist that call for authoritative consideration and decision by those charged with the administration and development of the law of the circuit.
How often courts cite the case defining “court in banc”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “court in banc” — 279 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.