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)

• McCulloch v. Maryland
• NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. via concept surface "landmark labor law case"
• The British Debt Case via concept surface "landmark legal decision"
• S.S. Wimbledon case via concept surface "landmark case in international law"
• Chorzów Factory case via concept surface "landmark case in international law"
• Customs Regime between Germany and Austria case via concept surface "landmark case in international law"
• Advisory Opinion on the Nationality Decrees in Tunis and Morocco via concept surface "landmark case in international law"
• Hylton v. United States via concept surface "landmark United States Supreme Court case"
• United States v. Morrison via concept surface "landmark United States constitutional law case"
• Scopes "Monkey" Trial via concept surface "landmark court case"
• Rivonia Trial via concept surface "court case"
• Wisconsin v. Yoder
• Branch v. Texas via concept surface "death penalty case"
• Dred Scott v. Sandford via concept surface "landmark court decision"
• United States v. Daniel Ellsberg via concept surface "landmark legal case"
• Yamashita v. Styer
• Helvering v. Bruun via concept surface "landmark tax law case"
• Helvering v. Clifford via concept surface "grantor trust case"
• Helvering v. Gregory
• Hammer v. Dagenhart via concept surface "landmark United States constitutional law case"
• Marbury v. Madison
• Brown II
• Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day)
  surface form: Bolling v. Sharpe
• Gibbons v. Ogden via concept surface "landmark Supreme Court case"
• United States v. Lopez
• Grovey v. Townsend via concept surface "civil rights case"
• Boynton v. Virginia via concept surface "civil rights case"
• FCC v. Pacifica Foundation via concept surface "landmark First Amendment case"
• Morgan v. Virginia via concept surface "civil rights case"
• Dartmouth College v. Woodward
• R (Jackson) v Attorney General via concept surface "House of Lords case"
• Furman v. Georgia via concept surface "death penalty case"
• Cohens v. Virginia via concept surface "landmark Supreme Court case"
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette via concept surface "landmark First Amendment case"
• Gebhart v. Belton via concept surface "court case"
• Ware v. Hylton via concept surface "landmark United States Supreme Court case"
• R v Thorpe and Others (1979) via concept surface "court case"
• United Public Workers v. Mitchell via concept surface "court case"
• Hicklin v. Orbeck via concept surface "court case"
• Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman via concept surface "court case"
• Frontiero v. Richardson
• King v. Burwell
• The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
  surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
• Grutter v. Bollinger via concept surface "landmark affirmative action case"
• Windsor v. United States (in part) via concept surface "same-sex marriage case"
• Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP
• Gratz v. Bollinger via concept surface "affirmative action case"
• Weeks v. United States
• Griswold v. Connecticut
• Lahore Conspiracy Case via concept surface "court case"