legislative contract
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 66 U.S. 436 - Jefferson Branch Bank v. Skelly · 1861Most cited · 146 citing opinions
a bank, in which stock is held by individuals, is a private corporation, and its charter is a legislative contract, which cannot be changed without its consent
How often courts cite the case defining “legislative contract”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “legislative contract” — 145 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.