proceeding
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 273 U.S. 346 - Bowers v. New York & Albany Lighterage Co. · 1927Most cited · 478 citing opinions
tax collection
There are two methods to compel payment. One is suit, a judicial proceeding; the other is distraint, an executive proceeding. The word 'proceeding' is aptly and commonly used to comprehend steps taken in pursuit of either.
How often courts cite the cases defining “proceeding”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “proceeding” — 743 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1927–1964
the words 'any proceeding, suit, or prosecution under said Acts' in the proviso plainly refer to the phrase 'proceedings, suits, and prosecutions under said Acts in the courts of the United States'... the Act applies only to judicial proceedings
1903 Antitrust Immunity Act