voluntary adjustment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 84 U.S. 75 - Sweeny v. United States · 1872Most cited · 6 citing opinions
Parties may adjust their own disputes, and when they do so voluntarily and understandingly, no appeal lies to the courts to review their mutual decision.
How often courts cite the case defining “voluntary adjustment”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “voluntary adjustment” — 6 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.