Case in United States

Case Definition

A question before a court of justice. 88 111. App. 199. Any state of facts which furnishes occasion for the exercise of the jurisdication of a court of justice or any question contested before such a court. 257 111. 55. A subject on which the judicial power is capable of acting and which has been submitted to it by a party in the form required by law. 88 111. App. 199. A question contested before a court of justice; an action or suit at law or in equity. 1 Wheat. (U.S.) 352; 4 Iowa, 152. A case arising under a treaty (Const. U.S. art. 3, § 2) is a suit where is drawn in question the construction of a treaty, and the decision is against the title set up by either party under such treaty. Story, J.,
I Wheat. (U.S.) 356. And see, also, 6 Cranch (U.S.) 286; 9 Wheat. (U.S.) 819;
II How. (U.S.) 529; 12 How. (U.S.) 111. A form of action which lies to recover damages for injuries for which the more ancient forms of action will not lie. Steph. PI. 15. Case, or, more fully, action upon the case, or trespass on the case, includes in its widest sense assumpsit and trover, and distinguishes a class of actions in which the writ is framed according to the special circumstances of the case, from the ancient actions, the writs in which, called brevia formata, are collected in the Registrum Brevium. Sometimes used for case stated (q.v.)

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A question before a court of justice. 88 111. App. 199. Any state of facts which furnishes occasion for the exercise of the jurisdication of a court of justice or any question contested before such a court. 257 111. 55. A subject on which the judicial power is capable of acting and which has been submitted to it by a party in the form required by law. 88 111. App. 199. A question contested before a court of justice; an action or suit at law or in equity. 1 Wheat. (U.S.) 352; 4 Iowa, 152. A case arising under a treaty (Const. U.S. art. 3, § 2) is a suit where is drawn in question the construction of a treaty, and the decision is against the title set up by either party under such treaty. Story, J.,
I Wheat. (U.S.) 356. And see, also, 6 Cranch (U.S.) 286; 9 Wheat. (U.S.) 819;
II How. (U.S.) 529; 12 How. (U.S.) 111. A form of action which lies to recover damages for injuries for which the more ancient forms of action will not lie. Steph. PI. 15. Case, or, more fully, action upon the case, or trespass on the case, includes in its widest sense assumpsit and trover, and distinguishes a class of actions in which the writ is framed according to the special circumstances of the case, from the ancient actions, the writs in which, called brevia formata, are collected in the Registrum Brevium. Sometimes used for case stated (q.v.)

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This definition of Case is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.

Plain-English Law

Case as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):

A term that most often refers to a lawsuit for example, I filed my small claims case. Case also refers to a written decision by a court.

Practical Information

Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982

Any action, suit or controversy, whether civil or criminal, at law or in equity.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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Case in the Context of Law Research

The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Case as: A term that most often refers to a lawsuit. It can also refer to a written decision by a judge — or for an appellate case, a panel of judges.Legal research resources, including Case, help to identify the law that governs an activity and to find materials that explain that law.

Processing the Case

This section examines the Processing the Case subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal litigation, are also addressed.