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representatives

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 501 U.S. 380 - Chisom v. Roemer · 1991Most cited · 885 citing opinions

those who "are chosen by popular election." "Ante," at 399.

How often courts cite the cases defining “representatives”

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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “representatives” — 1,368 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 · 1956–1991

  1. 1956·350 U.S. 299 - United States v. Ryan[p4]· cited 497×
    ORIGINAL

    any individual or labor organization.' 49 Stat. 449, 450, 29 U.S.C.