enemies
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 404 - Mrs. Alexander's Cotton · 1864Most cited · 31 citing opinions
insurrectionary war
all the people of each State or district in insurrection against the United States, must be regarded as enemies, until by the action of the legislature and the executive, or otherwise, that relation is thoroughly and permanently changed
How often courts cite the case defining “enemies”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “enemies” — 31 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.