defense contract
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 328 U.S. 624 - Zap v. United States · 1946Most cited · 715 citing opinions
any contract, subcontract, or order placed in furtherance of the defense or war effort: "And provided further, "That the inspection and audit authorized herein, and the determination whether a given contract is a 'defense contract' as defined above, shall be made by a governmental agency or officer designated by the President, or by the Chairman of the War Production Board." See H. *627 Rep.
How often courts cite the case defining “defense contract”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “defense contract” — 715 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.