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
Zarda
surface form: Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc.
Hammer v. Dagenhart landmark United States constitutional law case
Gonzales v. Carhart abortion case
Clinton v. City of New York landmark constitutional law case
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd House of Lords case
Lawrence Ysunza
surface form: Love v. Beshear
same-sex marriage case
C-621/18 Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union landmark EU law case
Perinçek v. Switzerland landmark judgment
Ogden v. Saunders landmark Contract Clause case
Marbury v. Madison
Brenda Patterson
surface form: Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
civil rights case
Dirk De Jonge was convicted for speaking at a peaceful public meeting held under the auspices of the Communist Party in Portland, Oregon
surface form: De Jonge v. Oregon
landmark First Amendment case
Bates v. City of Little Rock
Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee court case
United States v. O'Brien landmark First Amendment case
Ward v. Rock Against Racism landmark First Amendment case
Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.
Brown II
Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day)
surface form: Bolling v. Sharpe
Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems court case
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education civil rights case
Gibbons v. Ogden landmark Supreme Court case
United States v. Lopez
Keyes v. School District No. 1 landmark school desegregation case
R. v. Drybones
Spycatcher trial court case
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien leading case
Attorney General v Blake
White v White landmark family law case
Parker v. District of Columbia (2007) landmark court decision
Grovey v. Townsend civil rights case
John Browder
surface form: Browder v. Gayle
court case
Apple Corps v. Apple Computer court case
Smith v. Jones, 123 Wn.2d 456 court case
Boynton v. Virginia civil rights case
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation landmark First Amendment case
Morgan v. Virginia civil rights case
John M. Woolsey
surface form: United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (1933)
court case
Edwards v Canada (Attorney General) court case
Ossietzky treason trial court case
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Donham
surface form: Emmett Till case
civil rights case
R (Jackson) v Attorney General House of Lords case
Furman v. Georgia death penalty case
Cohens v. Virginia landmark Supreme Court case
Hunter v. Erickson, 393 U.S. 385 (1969) landmark equal protection case
Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982) civil rights case
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette landmark First Amendment case
Gebhart v. Belton court case
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co. civil rights case