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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”

20252026 most cited: 605 U.S. 627 - EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C. (2025)
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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”

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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

  1. ORIGINAL

    the binary decision whether a levy may proceed.

  2. 2026·Mullin v. Doe (U.S. 2026, slip opinion)

    a discrete decision or a process leading up to a final decision.