determination
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 605 U.S. 627 - EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C. · 2025Most cited · 4 citing opinions
EPA's justifcations in taking the action.
How the Supreme Court has restated “determination”
Each Supreme Court definition of “determination,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.
How often courts cite the cases defining “determination”
Court decisions citing the 3 opinions that defined “determination” — 6 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 3 definitions, chronological · 2025–2026
- ORIGINAL
the binary decision whether a levy may proceed.
- 2026·Mullin v. Doe (U.S. 2026, slip opinion)
a discrete decision or a process leading up to a final decision.