Sedition
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 283 U.S. 359 - Stromberg v. People of State of California · 1931Most cited · 2,440 citing opinions
the stirring up of disorder in the state, tending toward treason, but lacking an overt act.
How often courts cite the case defining “Sedition”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Sedition” — 2,436 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.