Obligation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 294 U.S. 330 - Perry v. United States · 1935Most cited · 638 citing opinions
an obligation (including every obligation of and to the United States, excepting currency) payable in money of the United States; *350 and the term ' coin or currency' means coin or currency of the United States, including Federal Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banking associations." 2 Mr. Justice Strong, who had written the opinion of the majority of the Court in the legal tender cases
How often courts cite the cases defining “Obligation”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Obligation” — 721 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 · 1935–1937
an obligation (including every obligation of and to the United States excepting currency) payable in money of the United States; and the term 'coin or currency' means coin or currency of the United States, including Federal Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banking associations.