Libel
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 11 U.S. 382 - The Cargo of the Brig Aurora Burn Side v. The United States · 1813Most cited · 82 citing opinions
need not negative claimant's defense
On that subject, we are of opinion, that in no case can it be necessary to state in a libel, any fact which constitutes the defence of the Claimant, or a ground of exception of the operation of the law on which the libel is founded.
How often courts cite the case defining “Libel”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Libel” — 81 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.