precedentFor
P3138
predicate
Indicates that one situation, decision, or case serves as an authoritative example or basis for deciding or interpreting another.
All labels observed (38)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| precedentFor canonical | 344 |
| precedentStatus | 51 |
| isPrecedentFor | 15 |
| setsPrecedentFor | 15 |
| precedent | 12 |
| precedentReliedOn | 12 |
| usedAsPrecedentIn | 12 |
| hasPrecedent | 9 |
| appliedPrecedent | 8 |
| reliesOnPrecedent | 8 |
| precedentEstablished | 7 |
| precedentOf | 7 |
| setPrecedentFor | 7 |
| appliesPrecedent | 5 |
| precedentCited | 5 |
| precedentialValue | 5 |
| citedAsPrecedentIn | 4 |
| establishedPrecedentFor | 4 |
| followedPrecedent | 4 |
| hasLegalPrecedent | 4 |
| precededByCase | 4 |
| hasPrecedentFor | 3 |
| isPrecedentIn | 3 |
| usedAsPrecedentFor | 3 |
| hasPrecedentInfluenceOn | 2 |
| hasPrecedentialValueFor | 2 |
| isKeyPrecedentFor | 2 |
| precedentialEffect | 2 |
| priorCase | 2 |
| hasLegalPrecedentFor | 1 |
| hasPrecedentValueIn | 1 |
| isCitedAsPrecedentFor | 1 |
| isPrecedentSourceFor | 1 |
| precedentType | 1 |
| precedentUsedFor | 1 |
| precedentialScope | 1 |
| priorCaseReferenced | 1 |
| priorCaseReliedOn | 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: precedentFor
Generated description
Indicates that one situation, decision, or case serves as an authoritative example or basis for deciding or interpreting another.
Sample triples (570)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Frohwerk v. United States | binding precedent in federal courts unless overruled or limited via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ |
| lying-in-state of Elizabeth II | lying-in-state of George VI via predicate surface "precedent" ⓘ |
| lying-in-state of Elizabeth II | lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother via predicate surface "precedent" ⓘ |
|
In re Debs Supreme Court case
surface form:
In re Debs
|
later federal labor injunction cases ⓘ |
| Argersinger v. Hamlin | right to counsel in misdemeanor cases involving imprisonment ⓘ |
| Ollie’s Barbecue case | later Commerce Clause civil rights cases ⓘ |
| Mathews v. Eldridge | procedural due process analysis in administrative benefit determinations ⓘ |
| Mathews v. Eldridge | cases involving government entitlements and benefits ⓘ |
| Mathews v. Eldridge | procedural safeguards required before deprivation of property interests ⓘ |
| Debs v. United States | restriction of antiwar speech during wartime via predicate surface "precedentOf" ⓘ |
| Betts v. Brady | overruled precedent via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ |
| Alabama v. Shelton | right to counsel in misdemeanor cases with suspended sentences via predicate surface "hasPrecedentFor" ⓘ |
| Helvering v. Bruun | realization doctrine in U.S. federal income tax ⓘ |
| Helvering v. Horst | cases involving assignment of interest and dividend income ⓘ |
| Helvering v. Gregory | cases evaluating whether transactions have a legitimate non-tax business purpose. ⓘ |
| Hammer v. Dagenhart | overruled via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ |
| Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security | protection of individual, non‑denominational religious beliefs in benefits cases ⓘ |
| Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security | Sherbert v. Verner via predicate surface "precededByCase" ⓘ |
| Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security | Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division via predicate surface "precededByCase" ⓘ |
| Adele Sherbert | Sherbert test via predicate surface "precedentEstablished" ⓘ |
| West’s Federal Reporter | U.S. federal courts via predicate surface "isPrecedentSourceFor" ⓘ |
| Grovey v. Townsend | later overruled via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ |
| Murdock v. Pennsylvania | protection of door-to-door religious solicitation ⓘ |
| Murdock v. Pennsylvania | invalidating license taxes burdening First Amendment rights ⓘ |
| Boynton v. Virginia | federal desegregation of interstate bus and rail facilities ⓘ |
| Morgan v. Virginia | later desegregation of interstate transportation ⓘ |
| Morgan v. Virginia | Boynton v. Virginia ⓘ |
| Morgan v. Virginia | Freedom Riders actions in 1961 ⓘ |
| Gebhart v. Belton | desegregation of public schools in Delaware ⓘ |
| Gebhart v. Belton | subsequent civil rights litigation challenging segregated education ⓘ |
| Frontiero v. Richardson | binding on all lower federal courts via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ |
| Grutter v. Bollinger | Regents of the University of California v. Bakke via predicate surface "followedPrecedent" ⓘ |
| Romer v. Evans | LGBT equal protection jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| Katzenbach v. Morgan | later cases on Congress’s Section 5 enforcement power ⓘ |
| Barnard v. Thorstenn | challenges to residency-based restrictions on professional practice via predicate surface "usedAsPrecedentFor" ⓘ |
| Weeks v. United States | exclusion of illegally obtained evidence in federal courts ⓘ |
| Maryland v. Wirtz | broad interpretation of congressional commerce power over state activities ⓘ |
| Shaw v. Reno | Miller v. Johnson ⓘ |
| Shaw v. Reno | Shaw v. Hunt ⓘ |
| Shaw v. Reno | Bush v. Vera ⓘ |
| Washington v. Davis | intent requirement in equal protection challenges to facially neutral laws ⓘ |
| Bakke | binding precedent in U.S. federal courts via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ |
|
McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria.
surface form:
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
|
desegregation of public universities ⓘ |
| Yick Wo v. Hopkins | cases challenging discriminatory application of neutral laws ⓘ |
| Yick Wo v. Hopkins | cases involving equal protection rights of noncitizens ⓘ |
| Ex parte Endo | protection of citizens from arbitrary detention ⓘ |
| MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. | duty of manufacturers to remote users of products ⓘ |
| Buchanan v. Warley | later challenges to racially discriminatory housing laws ⓘ |
| Buchanan v. Warley | limitations on explicit racial classifications in zoning ⓘ |
| Cannon v. University of Chicago | private enforcement of federal spending clause statutes ⓘ |