principal purpose
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 347 U.S. 612 - United States v. Harriss · 1954Most cited · 3,823 citing opinions
Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act § 307
the 'principal purpose' requirement does not exclude a contribution which in substantial part is to be used to influence legislation through direct communication with Congress or a person whose activities in substantial part are directed to influencing legislation through direct communication with Congress
How often courts cite the case defining “principal purpose”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “principal purpose” — 3,820 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.