pursuant to
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 301 U.S. 379 - Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner · 1937Most cited · 181 citing opinions
Pursuant to' is defined as 'acting or done in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according.
How often courts cite the case defining “pursuant to”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “pursuant to” — 178 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.