tribunal decision
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 41 U.S. 71 - Stephen Cocke v. Joseph a Halsey · 1842Most cited · 32 citing opinions
collateral attack rule
in every instance in which a tribunal has decided upon a matter within its regular jurisdiction, its decision must be presumed proper, and is binding until it shall be regularly reversed by a superior authority; and cannot be affected, nor the rights of persons dependent upon it be impaired, by any collateral proceeding.
How often courts cite the case defining “tribunal decision”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “tribunal decision” — 31 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.