candy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 283 U.S. 488 - McCaughn v. Hershey Chocolate Co. · 1931Most cited · 323 citing opinions
it may be, and we think is used, as the dictionary also suggests, in a popular and more general sense, as synonymous with sugar compounds sold and used as confectionery or sweetmeats, and embraces them, as well as candy made chiefly of sugar.
How often courts cite the case defining “candy”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “candy” — 323 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.