influence
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 281 U.S. 548 - Texas Co v. Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks · 1930Most cited · 1,210 citing opinions
Influence' in this context plainly means pressure, the use of the authority or power of either party to induce action by the other in derogation of what the statute calls 'self-organization.' The phrase covers the abuse of relation or opportunity so as to corrupt or override the will.
How often courts cite the case defining “influence”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “influence” — 1,204 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.