specific statute over general statute
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 365 U.S. 753 - Bulova Watch Co. v. United States · 1961Most cited · 457 citing opinions
a specific statute controls over a general one 'without regard to priority of enactment
How often courts cite the case defining “specific statute over general statute”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “specific statute over general statute” — 457 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.