public office
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 293 U.S. 214 - Helvering v. Powers · 1934Most cited · 276 citing opinions
The term 'public office' undoubtedly implies a definite assignment of public activity, fixed by appointment, tenure, and duties.
How often courts cite the case defining “public office”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “public office” — 276 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.