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
Edelman v. Jordan civil rights case
Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman
Scopes "Monkey" Trial landmark court case
1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding revocation of tax-exempt status over racial policies
surface form: Bob Jones University v. United States
Sweet
surface form: Sweet trial
court case
Sweet trials court case
Griffin v. Breckenridge civil rights case
Bowers v. Hardwick landmark court decision
United States v. Susan B. Anthony landmark suffrage case
United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP
Rivonia Trial court case
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India landmark judgment
Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
Joseph Shine v. Union of India landmark judgment
Branch v. Texas death penalty case
Donald C. MacPherson
surface form: MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
court case
Wilson v. New (1917)
surface form: Wilson v. New
landmark labor law case
A. C. Jose v. Sivan Pillai landmark judgment
Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain landmark constitutional law case
Waman Rao v. Union of India landmark judgment
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India landmark Supreme Court of India judgment
I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu landmark constitutional law case
Dred Scott v. Sandford landmark court decision
I.C. Golaknath v. State of Punjab landmark judgment
Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India landmark judgment
L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India landmark judgment
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg landmark legal case
United States v. Washington
Powell v. McCormack
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams court case
Penry v. Lynaugh death penalty case
Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. 302 (1989) death penalty case
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff eminent domain case
Irving v Penguin Books Ltd court case
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada civil rights case
Yamashita v. Styer
Helvering v. Bruun landmark tax law case
Panther 21 trial court case
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987)
surface form: California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Helvering v. Clifford grantor trust case
Helvering v. Gregory
Earl of Oxford’s Case
Foss v Harbottle leading case
Tulk v Moxhay leading case
judgment in R v A (No 2) House of Lords case
Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust Title VII case
Runyon v. McCrary civil rights case