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.
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)
- Shaw v. Reno via concept surface "landmark voting rights case"
- Korematsu v. United States
- Hirabayashi v. United States
- Corrigan v. Buckley via concept surface "landmark court decision"
- Bakke