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
Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody Title VII case
Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organization Title VII case
Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC Title VII case
Missouri v. Seibert Miranda rights case
United States v. Dennett court case
Ware v. Hylton landmark United States Supreme Court case
National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan Title VII case
S.S. Lotus v. Turkey landmark case in international law
Permanent Court of International Justice decision in the Lotus case landmark case in international law
Lotus case judgment (P.C.I.J. Series A No. 10) landmark case in international law
Lotus (France v. Turkey), P.C.I.J. Series A No. 10 landmark case in international law
Factory at Chorzów (Merits) landmark case in international law
Meredith v. Fair civil rights case
R v Thorpe and Others (1979) court case
Christy Brzonkala v. Antonio J. Morrison et al.
United Public Workers v. Mitchell court case
Hicklin v. Orbeck court case
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman court case
Treason Trial (South Africa) court case
Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author)
surface form: Murray v. The Charming Betsy
Loughborough v. Blake landmark tax law case
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. civil rights case
Frontiero v. Richardson
murder of George Floyd civil rights case
King v. Burwell
the Lands case
surface form: Lands case
landmark court decision
The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
R v Oakes
Grutter v. Bollinger landmark affirmative action case
Windsor v. United States (in part) same-sex marriage case
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP
Gratz v. Bollinger affirmative action case
Weeks v. United States
Trial of the Century court case
Griswold v. Connecticut
Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia landmark court decision
Lahore Conspiracy Case court case
Planned Parenthood v. Danforth landmark abortion rights case
Harris v. McRae abortion case
Guinn v. United States civil rights case
Missouri v. Holland
Adair v. United States landmark labor law case
Shaw v. Reno landmark voting rights case
Belva Gaertner murder case court case
Korematsu v. United States
Thornburg v. Gingles
Hirabayashi v. United States
Corrigan v. Buckley landmark court decision
Bakke