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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 24 U.S. 467 - United States v. Ortega · 1826Most cited · 25 citing opinions
those both of a civil and criminal nature; and the exception of 'offences above the description aforesaid,' refers to a description in the first part of the section, viz. offences where no other punishment than whipping not exceeding thirty stripes, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months, is to be inflicted.
How often courts cite the case defining “suits”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “suits” — 25 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.