during good behavior
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 322 U.S. 451 - De Castro v. Board of Commissioners · 1944Most cited · 290 citing opinions
tenure
a provision that an office be held 'during good behavior' is generally deemed indicative of an intention to create a life tenure unless cause for removal arises
How often courts cite the case defining “during good behavior”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “during good behavior” — 287 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.