landmark case

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concept

A landmark case is a court decision that establishes a significant new legal principle or precedent, often reshaping the interpretation or application of the law.

All labels observed (58)

Label Occurrences
landmark case canonical 93
court case 61
civil rights case 41

Instances (349)

Instance Via concept surface
R v Penguin Books Ltd landmark legal case
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. court case
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. court case
Paramount Decree of 1948 antitrust ruling
Dunghutti People v Commonwealth of Australia (native title case)
surface form: Dunghutti People v Commonwealth of Australia
landmark legal decision
Williams v. Board of Education (1898) court case
Internationale Handelsgesellschaft court case
Simmenthal landmark court decision
Anna M. Lee
surface form: Hansberry v. Lee
Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo landmark Supreme Court decision
Mar Peerage Case House of Lords case
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County court case
Oscar Wilde libel trial court case
United States v. Darby landmark Supreme Court case
Leopold and Loeb murder trial court case
Ossian Sweet trial court case
Cannon v. University of Chicago
Reynolds v. Sims decision landmark voting rights case
United States v. Butler
Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer landmark sovereign immunity case
Chisholm v. Georgia landmark United States constitutional law case
Briggs v. Elliott court case
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia court case
Shapiro v. Thompson
United States v. Guest civil rights case
Sherbert v. Verner
Baker v. Carr
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala landmark judgment
National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie landmark First Amendment case
Doe v. Bolton abortion case
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago
Barron v. Baltimore
United States v. Windsor
opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld landmark legal decision
New York v. United States (1992) landmark Supreme Court case
NFIB v. Sebelius
Kelo v. City of New London eminent domain case
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting court case
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
Zschernig v. Miller landmark foreign affairs case
Dennis v. United States
Minersville School District v. Gobitis compulsory flag salute case
United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden court case
Gitlow v. New York
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke landmark affirmative action case
Henry v. Hodges same-sex marriage case
Love v. Beshear same-sex marriage case
Toomer v. Witsell court case
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Browder v. Gayle civil rights case