final release
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 206 U.S. 118 - United States v. William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co. · 1907Most cited · 138 citing opinions
contract
That which was to be released was 'all claims of any kind or description under or by virtue of said contract.' Manifestly, included within this was every claim arising not merely from a change in the specifications, but also growing out of delay caused by the government.
How often courts cite the case defining “final release”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “final release” — 138 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.