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written specific charges

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 401 U.S. 233 - International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Hardeman · 1971Most cited · 518 citing opinions

specific enough to inform the accused member of the offense that he has allegedly committed

How often courts cite the case defining “written specific charges”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “written specific charges” — 515 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.