receivership
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 295 U.S. 30 - Gordon v. Washington · 1935Most cited · 247 citing opinions
A receivership is only a means to reach some legitimate end sought through the exercise of the power of a court of equity. It is not an end in itself.
How often courts cite the cases defining “receivership”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “receivership” — 485 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 · 1935–1941
A receivership is only a means to reach some legitimate end sought through the exercise of the power of a court of equity. It is not an end in itself.