Evolution
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 482 U.S. 578 - Edwards v. Aguillard · 1987Most cited · 1,602 citing opinions
the theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types, the distinguishable differences being due to modifications in successive generations."
Id., 463 U.S., at 789, 103 S.Ct., at 3335.
How often courts cite the case defining “Evolution”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Evolution” — 1,573 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.