landmark case

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.

Observed surface forms (30)

• court case ×13
• civil rights case ×12
• same-sex marriage case ×6
• Title VII case ×4
• landmark Supreme Court case ×4
• landmark case in international law ×4
• landmark court decision ×4
• landmark First Amendment case ×3
• affirmative action case ×2
• death penalty case ×2

• landmark United States Supreme Court case ×2
• landmark United States constitutional law case ×2
• landmark affirmative action case ×2
• landmark constitutional law case ×2
• landmark legal case ×2
• landmark voting rights case ×2
• school desegregation case ×2
• segregation case ×2
• House of Lords case ×1
• New Deal era case ×1
• abortion case ×1
• antitrust ruling ×1
• grantor trust case ×1
• landmark court case ×1
• landmark foreign affairs case ×1
• landmark free speech case ×1
• landmark labor law case ×1
• landmark legal decision ×1
• landmark school desegregation case ×1
• landmark tax law case ×1

Instances (105)

• Paramount Decree of 1948 via concept surface "antitrust ruling"
• Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County via concept surface "court case"
• United States v. Darby via concept surface "landmark Supreme Court case"
• United States v. Butler
• Briggs v. Elliott via concept surface "court case"
• Fulton v. City of Philadelphia via concept surface "court case"
• Sherbert v. Verner
• Doe v. Bolton via concept surface "abortion case"
• New York v. United States (1992) via concept surface "landmark Supreme Court case"
• NFIB v. Sebelius
• Zschernig v. Miller via concept surface "landmark foreign affairs case"
• United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden via concept surface "court case"
• Gitlow v. New York
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke via concept surface "landmark affirmative action case"
• Toomer v. Witsell via concept surface "court case"
• Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
• Browder v. Gayle via concept surface "civil rights case"
• Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
• Smith v. Allwright via concept surface "landmark voting rights case"
• Reed v. Reed
• South Dakota v. Dole
• Loving v. Virginia via concept surface "civil rights case"
• Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education via concept surface "segregation case"
• Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
• Wickard v. Filburn
• United States v. Nixon via concept surface "landmark court decision"
• INS v. Chadha via concept surface "landmark constitutional law case"
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
• Baker v. Nelson via concept surface "same-sex marriage case"
• Tanco v. Haslam via concept surface "same-sex marriage case"
• Bourke v. Beshear via concept surface "same-sex marriage case"
• DeBoer v. Snyder via concept surface "same-sex marriage case"
• State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes via concept surface "court case"
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. via concept surface "civil rights case"
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins via concept surface "Title VII case"
• Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. via concept surface "Title VII case"
• Bostock v. Clayton County via concept surface "Title VII case"
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green via concept surface "Title VII case"
• Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin via concept surface "affirmative action case"
• Schenck v. United States via concept surface "landmark free speech case"
• Milliken v. Bradley via concept surface "landmark school desegregation case"
• New York Times Co. v. United States via concept surface "landmark First Amendment case"
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
• Engel v. Vitale
• Everson v. Board of Education
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) via concept surface "landmark court decision"
  surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
• City of Boerne v. Flores via concept surface "landmark constitutional law case"
• Obergefell v. Hodges