Information / libel
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 11 U.S. 389 - The Schooner Hoppet and Cargo v. The United States · 1813Most cited · 85 citing opinions
must state offence with substance, not merely cite statute
It is not controverted that in all proceedings in the Courts of common law, either against the person or the thing for penalties or forfeitures, the allegation that the act charged was committed in violation of law, or of the provisions of a particular statute will not justify condemnation, unless, independent of this allegation, a case be stated which shows that the law has been violated. The reference to the statute may direct the attention of the Court, and of the accused, to the particular statute by which the prosecution is to be sustained, but forms no part of the description of the offence.
How often courts cite the case defining “Information / libel”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Information / libel” — 85 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.