make and enforce contracts
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 511 U.S. 298 - Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc. · 1994Most cited · 1,472 citing opinions
the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship." The majority seemingly accepts petitioners' argument that if this Court were to apply § 101 to their case, "respondent has no persuasive claim to unfair surprise, because, at the time the allegedly discriminatory discharge occurred, the Sixth Circuit precedent held that § 1981
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “make and enforce contracts” — 1,453 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.