summary proceeding
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 294 U.S. 648 - Continental Illinois Nat Bank Trust Co of Chicago v. Chicago R I & P Ry Co · 1935Most cited · 1,519 citing opinions
Summary procedure implies a single hearing at which the merits of the controversy are investigated and decided, without much regard to the formal pleadings.
How often courts cite the cases defining “summary proceeding”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “summary proceeding” — 1,681 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 · 1935–1960
Summary trial of controversies over property and property rights is the exception in our method of administering justice. In the absence of express statutory authorization, courts have been extremely reluctant to allow proceedings more summary than the full court trial at common law.