United States Supreme Court case

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concept

A United States Supreme Court case is a legal dispute brought before the highest federal court in the U.S., resulting in a binding decision that interprets the Constitution, federal laws, or treaties and sets nationwide precedent.

All labels observed (29)

Label Occurrences
United States Supreme Court case canonical 700
U.S. Supreme Court case 140
First Amendment case 62

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: United States Supreme Court case
Generated description
A United States Supreme Court case is a legal dispute brought before the highest federal court in the U.S., resulting in a binding decision that interprets the Constitution, federal laws, or treaties and sets nationwide precedent.

Instances (901)

Instance Via concept surface
John W. Mitchell
surface form: United Public Workers v. Mitchell
U.S. Supreme Court case
Dickerson v. United States
Gray v. Sanders
Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado U.S. Supreme Court case
Avery v. Midland County
U.S. Supreme Court case Norris v. Alabama
surface form: Norris v. Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court case
George P. Davis
surface form: Helvering v. Davis
Roderick Jackson was a high school girls’ basketball coach in Birmingham, Alabama
surface form: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court case
Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team
surface form: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court case
Wesberry v. Sanders
The British Debt Case U.S. Supreme Court case
Ware
surface form: Ware v. Hylton
U.S. Supreme Court case
Virginia v. Tennessee
U.S. Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax Commission
Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Board of Governors U.S. Supreme Court case
Texas v. New Mexico
Hylton v. United States
United States v. Morrison U.S. Supreme Court case
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil United States federal court case
Hylton
surface form: Ware v. Hylton
U.S. Supreme Court case
Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co.
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
Federal Housing Administration v. Burr
Lane v. Peña
United States v. Mitchell
FDIC v. Meyer
Central Virginia Community College v. Katz
College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
Sossamon v. Texas
Bernard Hans
surface form: Hans v. Louisiana
Edelman v. Jordan
Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman
Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Maryland
1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding revocation of tax-exempt status over racial policies
surface form: Bob Jones University v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court case
Edwards v. California
Griffin v. Breckenridge
Bowers v. Hardwick
United States v. Skilling
United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP U.S. Supreme Court case
Abraham D. Shapiro
surface form: Shapiro v. Thompson
Reynolds v. United States U.S. Supreme Court case
Wisconsin v. Yoder U.S. Supreme Court case
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Illinois v. Wardlow
Minnesota v. Dickerson
United States v. Sokolow U.S. Supreme Court case
Arizona v. Johnson
Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada
The rigid two-pronged Aguilar–Spinelli test is abandoned in favor of a more flexible totality of the circumstances approach.
surface form: Illinois v. Gates
U.S. Supreme Court decision