society
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 414 U.S. 573 - Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet · 1974Most cited · 1,559 citing opinions
a broad range of mutual benefits each family member receives from the others' continued existence, including love, affection, care, attention, companionship, comfort, and protection.
How often courts cite the case defining “society”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “society” — 1,547 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.