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a corporate purpose

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 101 U.S. 407 - County of Livingston v. Darlington · 1879Most cited · 52 citing opinions

a tax to be expended in a manner which shall promote the general prosperity and welfare of the municipality which levies it.' We accept this definition,"

How often courts cite the case defining “a corporate purpose”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “a corporate purpose” — 52 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.