state of mind
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 239 U.S. 510 - Seven Cases of Eckman's Alterative v. United States · 1916Most cited · 67 citing opinions
State of mind is itself a fact, and may be a material fact, and false and fraudulent representations may be made about it; and persons who make or deal in substances or compositions alleged to be curative are in a position to have superior knowledge, and may be held to good faith in their statements.
How often courts cite the case defining “state of mind”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “state of mind” — 210 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.