motion for rehearing
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 81 U.S. 15 - Steings v. Franklin County · 1871Most cited · 38 citing opinions
Such a motion is not founded in a matter of right, but rests in the sound discretion of the court. Matters resting in the discretion of a subordinate court cannot be assigned for error in an appellate court.
How often courts cite the case defining “motion for rehearing”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “motion for rehearing” — 38 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.