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)

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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
Alabama v. Shelton criminal procedure case
Navajo Nation court decisions case law
Penry v. Lynaugh criminal law case
Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. 302 (1989) criminal law case
Hall v. Florida Eighth Amendment case
Moore v. Texas criminal law case
Berman v. Parker
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
In re Debs Supreme Court case
surface form: In re Debs
federal courts case
Argersinger v. Hamlin criminal procedure case
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States federal Indian law case
Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation federal Indian law case
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld legal case
Regan v. Wald legal case
Hamilton v. Alabama criminal procedure case
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee election law case
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978)
surface form: Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
federal Indian law case
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987)
surface form: California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
federal Indian law case
United States v. Lara (2004)
surface form: United States v. Lara
criminal law case
Herndon v. Lowry criminal law case
Crowell v. Benson
Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Tichborne trial legal case
John
surface form: Scopes Trial
legal case
Gonzales v. Carhart federal constitutional law case
Apprendi v. New Jersey criminal procedure case
Blakely v. Washington criminal procedure case
United States v. Fanfan criminal law case
Gall v. United States criminal law case
Baze v. Rees Eighth Amendment case
Bucklew v. Precythe Eighth Amendment case
Clinton v. City of New York separation of powers case
The Pocket Veto Case
Wright v. United States federal courts case
Thoburn v Sunderland City Council public law case
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman federal court case
Green v. Biddle Contracts Clause case
Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) public law case
Attorney General’s Reference (No 3 of 1999) criminal law case
Chiafalo v. Washington legal case
High Court case Kartinyeri v Commonwealth
surface form: Kartinyeri v Commonwealth
Marbury v. Madison
Tyson Timbs
surface form: Timbs v. Indiana
Austin v. United States Eighth Amendment case
United States v. Bajakajian legal case
Pentagon Papers litigation legal case
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
In re Kemmler legal case
Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division free exercise of religion case