private right
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 492 U.S. 33 - Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg · 1989Most cited · 3,428 citing opinions
the liability of one individual to another under the law as defined," "id.," at 51, 52 S.Ct., at 292, in contrast to cases that "arise between the Government and persons subject to its authority in connection with the performance of the constitutional functions of the executive or legislative departments." "Id.," at 50, 52 S.Ct., at 292.
How often courts cite the case defining “private right”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “private right” — 3,386 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.