constitutional law case

C734
concept

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.

All labels observed (53)

Label Occurrences
constitutional law case canonical 105
legal case 87
criminal procedure case 75

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: constitutional law case
Generated description
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.

Instances (471)

Instance Via concept surface
McCleskey v. Kemp criminal law case
Coker v. Georgia criminal law case
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen Second Amendment case
Costa v ENEL case law
Woburn toxic waste contamination cases legal case
Cooper v. Aaron
County of Allegheny v. ACLU Establishment Clause case
Munn v. Illinois
United States v. Kagama federal Indian law case
Stone v. Mississippi legal case
Hall v. DeCuir legal case
Minor v. Happersett legal case
United States v. Giordano criminal procedure case
United States v. Donovan criminal procedure case
Gelbard v. United States criminal procedure case
New York Times Co. v. United States prior restraint case
Engel v. Vitale Establishment Clause case
Lemon v. Kurtzman Establishment Clause case
Everson v. Board of Education Establishment Clause case
Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance Co. federal court case
Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.
Nixon v. Herndon
Nixon v. Condon Fourteenth Amendment case
Screws v. United States criminal law case
Girouard v. United States legal case
Colegrove v. Green federal court case
Lynch v. Donnelly Establishment Clause case
Lee v. Weisman Establishment Clause case
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe Establishment Clause case
Mitchell v. United States criminal procedure case
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris Establishment Clause case
Town of Greece v. Galloway Establishment Clause case
Van Orden v. Perry Establishment Clause case
Worcester v. Georgia federal Indian law case
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
Balzac v. Porto Rico federal courts case
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia federal Indian law case
Maryland v. King criminal procedure case
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. federal preemption case
City of Boerne v. Flores federal courts case
Windsor
surface form: United States v. Windsor
Carey v. Population Services International
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States criminal procedure case
Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association federal court case
Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167 (1961) Section 1983 case
Will v. Michigan Department of State Police, 491 U.S. 58 (1989) Section 1983 case
City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989)
surface form: City of Canton v. Harris
Section 1983 case
Owens v. Okure, 488 U.S. 235 (1989) legal case
Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers