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
Brewer v. Williams criminal procedure case
United States v. Henry criminal procedure case
Maine v. Moulton criminal procedure case
Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organization federal court case
United States v. Patane criminal procedure case
Ohio v. Clark criminal procedure case
Marek v. Chesny legal case
Missouri v. Seibert criminal procedure case
Miranda v. Arizona criminal procedure case
Gonzales v. Raich federal court case
Parson's Cause case involving Patrick Henry legal case
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry election law case
Barnard v. Thorstenn legal case
California v. Texas federal court case
Ex parte Milligan habeas corpus case
Bradwell v. Illinois legal case
Veazie Bank v. Fenno legal case
Ex parte Garland legal case
Groves v. Slaughter legal case
Strader v. Graham legal case
Katzenbach v. Morgan Fourteenth Amendment case
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. zoning law case
King v. Burwell Affordable Care Act case
Michigan v. Doran criminal procedure case
Maryland v. Wirtz federal court case
Wolf v. Colorado criminal procedure case
Nixon v. United States legal case
Goldwater v. Carter political question doctrine case
Zivotofsky v. Clinton legal case
The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
Nadon Reference
R v Oakes Canadian constitutional law case
Jones v. United States federal criminal law case
Windsor v. United States (in part)
United States v. Wade criminal procedure case
Gilbert v. California criminal procedure case
Kirby v. Illinois criminal procedure case
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP separation of powers case
Stanford v. Kentucky criminal law case
Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) criminal law case
Thompson v. Oklahoma criminal law case
Montgomery v. Louisiana criminal procedure case
Whitley v. Albers Eighth Amendment case
Wilkins v. Gaddy Eighth Amendment case
Rescue of Jerry legal case
Lawrence v. Texas (in part)
surface form: Lawrence v. Texas
Weeks v. United States criminal procedure case
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States legal case
Griswold v. Connecticut
Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia Canadian constitutional law case