dependent or ancillary controversy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 267 U.S. 276 - Fulton National Bank of Atlanta v. Hozier · 1925Most cited · 33 citing opinions
no controversy can be regarded as dependent or ancillary unless it has direct relation to property or assets actually or constructively drawn into the court's possession or control by the principal suit
How often courts cite the case defining “dependent or ancillary controversy”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “dependent or ancillary controversy” — 125 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.