United States
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 335 U.S. 377 - Vermilya-Brown Co. v. Connell · 1948Most cited · 219 citing opinions
the several States and Territories, the District of Columbia, and the pos *387 sessions of the United States, but does not include the Canal Zone."); Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 52 Stat. 1040 , § 201 (a), 21 U. S. C. § 321 (a) (1938) ("The term 'Territory' means any Territory or possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia and excluding the Canal Zone."); Federal Firearms Act, 52 Stat. 1250 , § 1 (2), as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 901
How often courts cite the case defining “United States”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “United States” — 221 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.