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
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health abortion case
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
landmark court decision
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College affirmative action case
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. patent law case
City of Boerne v. Flores landmark constitutional law case
Windsor
surface form: United States v. Windsor
Hollingsworth v. Perry
State of Tennessee v. George Thomas court case
State of Tennessee v. Eric Boyd court case
Weeks
surface form: Weeks v. United States
Tennessee v. Lane landmark disability rights case
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett landmark disability law case
Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs court case
Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167 (1961) civil rights case
Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982) landmark qualified immunity case
City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989)
surface form: City of Canton v. Harris
civil rights case
Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers
Pickering v. Board of Education landmark First Amendment case
Delgamuukw v. British Columbia landmark court case
Annie E. Harper
surface form: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
landmark voting rights case
Miller v. California landmark obscenity case
Ingraham v. Wright court case
Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins landmark free speech case
First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti landmark First Amendment case
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission landmark First Amendment case
Obergefell v. Hodges
Hurd v. Hodge civil rights case
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission court case
Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 court case
Standing Bear v. Crook civil rights case
Alipore Bomb Case court case
R. v. Sparrow leading case
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in her favor
surface form: Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper
McCulloch v. Maryland
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. landmark labor law case
United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
surface form: United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
Naim v. Naim court case
Otis Sweet
surface form: Ossian Sweet trial
court case
Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado court case
Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s
surface form: Scottsboro Boys trials
civil rights case
Wesberry v. Sanders landmark voting rights case
The British Debt Case landmark legal decision
S.S. Wimbledon case landmark case in international law
Chorzów Factory case landmark case in international law
Customs Regime between Germany and Austria case landmark case in international law
Advisory Opinion on the Nationality Decrees in Tunis and Morocco landmark case in international law
U.S. Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax Commission court case
Hylton v. United States landmark United States Supreme Court case
United States v. Morrison landmark United States constitutional law case
Federal Housing Administration v. Burr