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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 267 U.S. 350 - Cairo Co v. United States · 1925Most cited · 49 citing opinions

The plaintiff's agreement embodying the release was under seal. Hence, it is binding even if without a consideration.

How often courts cite the case defining “under seal”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “under seal” — 46 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.