compact
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 304 U.S. 92 - Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. · 1938Most cited · 346 citing opinions
The compact—the legislative means—adapts to our Union of sovereign States the age-old treaty making power of independent sovereign nations.
How often courts cite the case defining “compact”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “compact” — 345 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.