actual loss
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 281 U.S. 57 - Illinois Cent Co v. Crail · 1930Most cited · 297 citing opinions
the basic principle underlying common-law remedies that they shall afford only compensation for the injury suffered
How often courts cite the case defining “actual loss”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “actual loss” — 297 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.