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economic advantage

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 310 U.S. 404 - Anderson v. Helvering · 1940Most cited · 672 citing opinions

A share in the net profits derived from development and operation does not entitle the holder of such interest to a depletion allowance even though continued production is essential to the realization of such profits. Such an interest has been characterized as a mere economic advantage derived from production, through a contractual relation to the owner.

How often courts cite the case defining “economic advantage”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “economic advantage” — 672 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.