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)

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: 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
Wong Sun v. United States
Brewer v. Williams
Miranda v. Arizona
France v. Turkey
surface form: France v. Turkey (Lotus case)
landmark decision in international law
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)
surface form: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
Cortes agreements legal decision
United Public Workers v. Mitchell
Ex parte Milligan legal decision
Prize Cases
United States v. Wade
In re Winship
Helvering v. Davis
Ex parte Endo