suit in equity
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 322 U.S. 379 - Columbia Gas Electric Corporation v. American Fuel & Power Co · 1944Most cited · 57 citing opinions
a bankruptcy proceeding is not itself a suit in equity either by statutory definition or in common understanding
How often courts cite the case defining “suit in equity”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “suit in equity” — 55 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.