remedy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 532 U.S. 731 - V. C O Churner · 2001Most cited · 3,019 citing opinions
a procedure that provides redress for wrong or enforcement of a right, and "available" means having sufficient power to achieve an end sought.
How often courts cite the cases defining “remedy”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “remedy” — 5,949 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 · 1949–2001
- ORIGINAL
a positive deterrent to police and prosecutors tempted to violate the Fourth Amendment.