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
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida free exercise of religion case
Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security free exercise of religion case
Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day)
surface form: Bolling v. Sharpe
United States v. The Amistad legal case
Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC legal case
Samlesbury witch trial legal case
Aguilar v. Felton Establishment Clause case
Mitchell v. Helms Establishment Clause case
killing of Philip Barton Key II legal case
United States v. California (1965) federal court case
Gibbons v. Ogden
Murray v. Curlett Establishment Clause case
Calas
surface form: Calas affair
legal case
R. v. Drybones Canadian constitutional law case
Bliss v. Attorney General of Canada Canadian constitutional law case
R. v. Lavell Canadian constitutional law case
Spycatcher trial legal case
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez landmark education law case
Morrison v. Olson federal courts case
Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board separation of powers case
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
United States v. Carolene Products Co.
Muller v. Oregon
Fong Yue Ting v. United States immigration law case
legal case McClory v. Fleming
surface form: McClory v. Fleming
legal case
Johnson v. Eisentrager legal case
Gideon v. Wainwright criminal procedure case
Parker v. District of Columbia (2007) Second Amendment case
Murdock v. Pennsylvania free exercise of religion case
McPherson v. Blacker legal case
Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)
Beecher–Tilton scandal legal case
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Furman v. Georgia criminal law case
Police officer conducted an investigatory stop of Strieff without reasonable suspicion.
surface form: Utah v. Strieff
criminal procedure case
Brown v. Illinois criminal procedure case
Wong Sun v. United States criminal procedure case
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
United States v. Texas (1896) legal case
United States v. Cronic criminal procedure case
Ohio v. Roberts criminal procedure case
Davis v. Washington criminal procedure case
Hammon v. Indiana criminal procedure case
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts criminal procedure case
Bullcoming v. New Mexico criminal procedure case
Michigan v. Bryant criminal procedure case
Giles v. California criminal procedure case
Swain v. Alabama criminal procedure case
Powers v. Ohio criminal procedure case
Georgia v. McCollum criminal procedure case