shares
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 70 U.S. 573 - Van Allen v. The Assessors · 1865Most cited · 320 citing opinions
national banking association
The interest of the shareholder entitles him to participate in the net profits earned by the bank in the employment of its capital, during the existence of its charter, in proportion to the number of his shares; and, upon its dissolution or termination, to his proportion of the property that may remain of the corporation after the payment of its debts. This is a distinct independent interest or property, held by the shareholder like any other property that may belong to him.
How often courts cite the case defining “shares”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “shares” — 315 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.