Heinous
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 497 U.S. 764 - Lewis v. Jeffers · 1990Most cited · 1,886 citing opinions
hatefully or shockingly evil; grossly bad'; 'cruel' means 'disposed to inflict pain esp.
How often courts cite the case defining “Heinous”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Heinous” — 1,886 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.