torts
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 64 U.S. 209 - The Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company v. The Philadelphia and Havre De Grace Steam Towboat Company · 1859Most cited · 203 citing opinions
admiralty jurisdiction
Nor is the definition of the term 'torts,' when used in reference to admiralty jurisdiction, confined to wrongs or injuries committed by direct force. It includes, also, wrongs suffered in consequence of the negligence or malfeasance of others, where the remedy at common law is by an action on the case.
How often courts cite the case defining “torts”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “torts” — 200 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.