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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 492 U.S. 302 - Penry v. Lynaugh · 1989Most cited · 4,338 citing opinions

to distinguish "Jurek" ) is to consider "for all purposes, including purposes not specifically permitted by the questions." But there was no such assurance at all.

How often courts cite the cases defining “must”

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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “must” — 4,899 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.

All 2 definitions, chronological · 1975–1989

  1. preparation of an impact statement dealing with enumerated issues.