Recognized charitable cause
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 425 U.S. 610 - Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell · 1976Most cited · 995 citing opinions
one recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax exempt, one recognized by some community agency, or one approved by some municipal official.
How often courts cite the case defining “Recognized charitable cause”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Recognized charitable cause” — 989 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.