hasLowerCourtDecision

P19102
predicate

Indicates that a higher court case is associated with, or results from, a specific decision made by a lower court.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
lowerCourtOutcome 5
originatingCourtDecision 5
hasLowerCourtDecision canonical 1

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasLowerCourtDecision
Generated description
Indicates that a higher court case is associated with, or results from, a specific decision made by a lower court.

Sample triples (12)

Subject Object
Shelby County v. Holder upheld the constitutionality of Sections 4(b) and 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Schenck v. United States conviction affirmed via predicate surface "lowerCourtOutcome"
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Judgment for the school district via predicate surface "lowerCourtOutcome"
Carpenter v. United States affirmed in part and reversed in part via predicate surface "originatingCourtDecision"
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda Second Circuit held that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation via predicate surface "originatingCourtDecision"
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission affirmed via predicate surface "originatingCourtDecision"
Minersville School District v. Gobitis affirmed via predicate surface "hasLowerCourtDisposition"
Hess v. Indiana conviction affirmed via predicate surface "lowerCourtOutcome"
Windsor
surface form: United States v. Windsor
DOMA Section 3 held unconstitutional via predicate surface "lowerCourtOutcome"
Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team
surface form: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Eleventh Circuit held that Title IX did not cover retaliation claims by individuals who were not direct victims of discrimination via predicate surface "lowerCourtOutcome"
Zarda
surface form: Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc.
held that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation via predicate surface "originatingCourtDecision"
Zivotofsky v. Clinton Zivotofsky v. Secretary of State, 571 F.3d 122 (D.C. Cir. 2009) via predicate surface "originatingCourtDecision" NERFINISHED