case arising under a law
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 2 U.S. 384 - United States v. Worrall · 1798Most cited · 59 citing opinions
A case arising under a law, must mean a case depending on the exposition of a law, in respect to something which the law prohibits, or enjoins.
How often courts cite the case defining “case arising under a law”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “case arising under a law” — 58 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.