willful
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 314 U.S. 513 - United States v. Ragen · 1942Most cited · 501 citing opinions
A mind intent upon willful evasion is inconsistent with surprised innocence.
How often courts cite the case defining “willful”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “willful” — 501 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.