passport
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 357 U.S. 116 - Kent v. Dulles · 1958Most cited · 1,140 citing opinions
crucial function
Its crucial function today is control over exit. And, as we have seen, the right of exit is a personal right included within the word 'liberty' as used in the Fifth Amendment.
How often courts cite the case defining “passport”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “passport” — 1,140 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.