adversary proceeding
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 265 U.S. 274 - United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. Abilene & Southern Railway Co. · 1924Most cited · 150 citing opinions
Every proceeding is adversary, in substance, if it may result in an order in favor of one carrier as against another.
How often courts cite the case defining “adversary proceeding”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “adversary proceeding” — 501 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.