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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 340 U.S. 474 - Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 1951Most cited · 22,957 citing opinions

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How often courts cite the cases defining “evidence”

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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “evidence” — 24,421 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 2 definitions, chronological · 1951–1969

  1. not only proof at a hearing but also books and records and other papers which will be of assistance to the Board in conducting a particular investigation.' 8 The courts of appeals that have passed on the question have construed the term 'evidence' in a similar manner.