landmark decision

C760
concept

A landmark decision is a court ruling that establishes a significant new legal principle or precedent, often reshaping the interpretation or application of the law.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
landmark decision canonical 97
legal decision 5
landmark election law case 3

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: landmark decision
Generated description
A landmark decision is a court ruling that establishes a significant new legal principle or precedent, often reshaping the interpretation or application of the law.

Instances (113)

Instance Via concept surface
Northern Securities Co. v. United States
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen
Bostock v. Clayton County
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
Cooper v. Aaron
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
Munn v. Illinois
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Skinner v. Oklahoma
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Prince v. Massachusetts
United States v. Classic landmark election law case
Carey v. Population Services International
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Wik decision landmark court ruling
PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional.
surface form: PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional
judicialDecisionOutcome
Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
Buckley v. Valeo
Payton v. New York
Ingraham v. Wright legal decision
United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission landmark election law case
Escobedo v. Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court case Norris v. Alabama
surface form: Norris v. Alabama
Lotus case
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
Gregg v. Georgia
Mohinder Singh Gill v. Chief Election Commissioner landmark election law case
Lochner v. New York
Mathews v. Eldridge
Goldberg v. Kelly
Jacobellis v. Ohio
Plyler v. Doe
Berman v. Parker landmark eminent domain case
William Malloy
surface form: Malloy v. Hogan
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978)
surface form: Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.
Blakely v. Washington
The Pocket Veto Case
Shawn Eichman
surface form: United States v. Eichman
Jay M. Near
surface form: Near v. Minnesota
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
United States v. The Amistad
Muller v. Oregon
Gideon v. Wainwright
Boynton v. Virginia
Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)
Furman v. Georgia