landmark case

C733
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

Description generation (CDg)

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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: landmark case
Generated description
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.

Instances (349)

Instance Via concept surface
United States v. Eichman landmark First Amendment case
EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. Title VII case
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio Title VII case
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. Title VII case
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton Title VII case
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda Title VII case
Alexander v. Sandoval civil rights case
Scopes
surface form: Scopes Trial
court case
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan landmark First Amendment case
Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine Title VII case
St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks Title VII case
Stenberg v. Carhart landmark abortion rights case
Trial of Jack Ruby court case
Scopes v. State court case
Yvonne Hillman Wade
surface form: Roe v. Wade
landmark U.S. Supreme Court case
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
Smith v. Allwright landmark voting rights case
FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Reed v. Reed
Fisher I affirmative action case
Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education school desegregation case
Cox v. Louisiana landmark First Amendment case
Milliken I
surface form: Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
landmark school desegregation case
United States v. Washington Post Co. landmark First Amendment case
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham civil rights case
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County school desegregation case
R. W. Elliott
surface form: Briggs v. Elliott
court case
South Dakota v. Dole
Abington School District v. Schempp
Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop civil rights case
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education landmark school desegregation case
Loving v. Virginia civil rights case
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District landmark court case
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service House of Lords case
Jagdish Rai Chadha
surface form: INS v. Chadha
The Paquete Habana
Johnson v. M’Intosh
C. Melvin Sharpe
surface form: Bolling v. Sharpe
landmark desegregation case
Dorothy E. Davis
surface form: Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
court case
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education segregation case
Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos)
surface form: Litigation over Columbus family privileges
court case
Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India landmark judgment
Strickland v. Washington
Oregon v. Elstad Miranda rights case
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Title VII case
The Case of the S.S. "Lotus" landmark case in international law
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) landmark court case
Aaron Burr treason trial landmark court case
Opinion in Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852) landmark Commerce Clause case