Frequent cases
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 93 U.S. 64 - Birdsall v. Coolidge · 1876Most cited · 161 citing opinions
proof of an established royalty furnishes a pretty safe guide both for the instructions of the court and the finding of the jury.
How often courts cite the case defining “Frequent cases”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Frequent cases” — 161 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.