constitutional law case

A constitutional law case is a legal dispute that requires a court to interpret and apply a nation's constitution to determine the validity of government actions, laws, or policies.

Observed surface forms (33)

• legal case ×11
• Establishment Clause case ×10
• criminal procedure case ×10
• Commerce Clause case ×7
• free exercise of religion case ×7
• Fourteenth Amendment case ×6
• federal court case ×6
• federal courts case ×6
• criminal law case ×5
• Privileges and Immunities Clause case ×4

• election law case ×4
• federalism case ×4
• religious freedom case ×4
• Tenth Amendment case ×3
• separation of powers case ×3
• due process case ×2
• federal Indian law case ×2
• federal preemption case ×2
• Affordable Care Act case ×1
• Eighth Amendment case ×1
• Free Exercise Clause case ×1
• abortion rights case ×1
• anti-commandeering doctrine case ×1
• civil discovery case ×1
• congressional subpoena case ×1
• federal criminal law case ×1
• health law case ×1
• immigration law case ×1
• landmark education law case ×1
• prior restraint case ×1
• right to travel case ×1
• selective incorporation case ×1
• zoning law case ×1

Instances (117)

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia via concept surface "federal Indian law case"
• City of Boerne v. Flores via concept surface "federal courts case"
• Colorado Department of State v. Baca via concept surface "election law case"
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Arizona v. United States via concept surface "federal court case"
• Hines v. Davidowitz via concept surface "federal preemption case"
• NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. via concept surface "Commerce Clause case"
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
• Escobedo v. Illinois via concept surface "criminal procedure case"
• Dickerson v. United States via concept surface "criminal procedure case"
• United States v. Morrison via concept surface "federal courts case"
• Scopes "Monkey" Trial via concept surface "legal case"
• Reynolds v. United States via concept surface "legal case"
• Wisconsin v. Yoder via concept surface "religious freedom case"
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah via concept surface "Free Exercise Clause case"
• Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission via concept surface "legal case"
• trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) via concept surface "legal case"
• Branch v. Texas via concept surface "criminal law case"
• Jackson v. Georgia via concept surface "criminal law case"
• Ollie’s Barbecue case via concept surface "Commerce Clause case"
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Lochner v. New York
• Palko v. Connecticut via concept surface "criminal law case"
• Mathews v. Eldridge via concept surface "due process case"
• Goldberg v. Kelly via concept surface "due process case"
• Frohwerk v. United States via concept surface "criminal law case"
• Betts v. Brady via concept surface "criminal procedure case"
• Alabama v. Shelton via concept surface "criminal procedure case"
• In re Debs Supreme Court case via concept surface "federal courts case"
  surface form: In re Debs
• Argersinger v. Hamlin via concept surface "criminal procedure case"
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach
• Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee via concept surface "election law case"
• Chiafalo v. Washington via concept surface "legal case"
• Marbury v. Madison
• Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division via concept surface "free exercise of religion case"
• Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida via concept surface "free exercise of religion case"
• Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security via concept surface "free exercise of religion case"
• Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day)
  surface form: Bolling v. Sharpe
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez via concept surface "landmark education law case"
• Gideon v. Wainwright via concept surface "criminal procedure case"
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania via concept surface "free exercise of religion case"
• Beecher–Tilton scandal via concept surface "legal case"
• Dartmouth College v. Woodward
• Furman v. Georgia via concept surface "criminal law case"
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
• Miranda v. Arizona via concept surface "criminal procedure case"
• Gonzales v. Raich via concept surface "federal court case"
• Barnard v. Thorstenn via concept surface "legal case"
• California v. Texas via concept surface "federal court case"