conclusive presumption
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 270 U.S. 230 - Schlesinger v. State of Wisconsin · 1926Most cited · 505 citing opinions
The presumption is declared to be conclusive and cannot be overcome by evidence. It is no mere prima facie presumption of fact.
How often courts cite the case defining “conclusive presumption”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “conclusive presumption” — 502 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.