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Definitions from Case Law

From 264 U.S. 64 - United States ex rel. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 1924Most cited · 12 citing opinions

the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the jurisdiction of the latter court which undoubtedly existed prior to the establishment of the Commerce Court was not vested in the Commerce Court, but has continued in the Supreme Court of the District.

How often courts cite the case defining “Circuit Courts”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Circuit Courts” — 24 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.