only if
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 485 U.S. 409 - Federal Labor Relations Authority v. Aberdeen Proving Ground · 1988Most cited · 42 citing opinions
exclusivity; it does not suggest one of multiple options.
How often courts cite the case defining “only if”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “only if” — 42 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.