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)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

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
Wickard v. Filburn
New Zealand Māori Council v Attorney-General (1987) (the Lands case)
surface form: New Zealand Māori Council v Attorney-General (1987)
court case
Pollard v. Hagan
Luther v. Borden
United States v. Nixon landmark court decision
Ruskin v. Whistler libel case court case
INS v. Chadha landmark constitutional law case
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge landmark Supreme Court decision
Cooley v. Board of Wardens landmark United States Supreme Court case
Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
Baker v. Nelson same-sex marriage case
Tanco v. Haslam same-sex marriage case
Bourke v. Beshear same-sex marriage case
DeBoer v. Snyder same-sex marriage case
Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.
Lucas v. Earl
McCleskey v. Kemp death penalty case
Gregory caused a new corporation to be formed, transferred appreciated stock to it, then liquidated it to obtain the stock at capital gains rates.
surface form: Helvering v. Gregory
"Howl" obscenity trial
surface form: Howl obscenity trial
court case
Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit
State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes court case
Griggs v. Duke Power Co. civil rights case
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins Title VII case
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. Title VII case
Bostock v. Clayton County Title VII case
Van Gend en Loos landmark judgment
Costa v ENEL landmark judgment
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green Title VII case
Hansberry v. Lee
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case
Schenck v. United States landmark free speech case
United States v. Warshak court case
Milliken v. Bradley landmark school desegregation case
New York Times Co. v. United States landmark First Amendment case
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Engel v. Vitale
Everson v. Board of Education
Somerset v Stewart landmark legal case
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
Nixon v. Herndon civil rights case
Nixon v. Condon civil rights case
International Shoe Co. v. Washington landmark civil procedure case
Screws v. United States civil rights case
Thomas v. Collins landmark First Amendment case
Lovell v. City of Griffin landmark freedom of speech case
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Flood v. Kuhn landmark antitrust case
Worcester v. Georgia