ultimate facts
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 301 U.S. 168 - Mumm v. Jacob E. Decker & Sons · 1937Most cited · 531 citing opinions
What are these 'ultimate facts'? They are the facts which the plaintiff must prove, the facts 'upon which the plaintiff asks relief,' not the facts which the defendant must prove in establishing an affirmative defense.
How often courts cite the cases defining “ultimate facts”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “ultimate facts” — 688 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 · 1936–1937
- ORIGINAL
Validity and infringement are ultimate facts on which depends the question of liability.