precedentFor

P3138
predicate

Indicates that one situation, decision, or case serves as an authoritative example or basis for deciding or interpreting another.

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All labels observed (38)

Label Occurrences
precedentFor canonical 344
precedentStatus 51
isPrecedentFor 15

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
Prigg v. Pennsylvania Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ
Ableman v. Booth federal supremacy over state courts ⓘ
Ableman v. Booth limits on state interference with federal judicial process ⓘ
Ableman v. Booth exclusive authority of federal judiciary over federal prisoners ⓘ
Coyle v. Smith cases involving state equality in the Union ⓘ
Coyle v. Smith cases limiting congressional conditions on state admission ⓘ
United States v. Gratiot interpretation of congressional power over federal property ⓘ
United States v. Gratiot federal regulation of natural resources on public lands ⓘ
Light v. United States federal authority to regulate grazing on public lands ⓘ
Light v. United States broad interpretation of the Property Clause ⓘ
Light v. United States federal power to reserve and manage public lands ⓘ
Camfield v. United States broad federal authority over public lands ⓘ
Camfield v. United States federal regulation of activities on private land affecting federal property ⓘ
Reference re Senate Reform (2014)
surface form: Reference re Senate Reform
later cases on constitutional amendment procedures in Canada via predicate surface "hasPrecedentFor" ⓘ
Trop v. Dulles later Eighth Amendment proportionality cases ⓘ
Trop v. Dulles cases limiting harsh non-physical punishments ⓘ
Roper v. Simmons binding precedent on all U.S. state and federal courts via predicate surface "precedentType" ⓘ
Graham v. Florida binding on all U.S. state and federal courts via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Hudson v. McMillian standards for excessive force claims by prisoners ⓘ
Estelle v. Gamble claims of inadequate medical care by prisoners ⓘ
Miller v. Alabama Montgomery v. Louisiana via predicate surface "precedentOf" ⓘ
Stack v. Boyle standards for determining excessive bail ⓘ
Stack v. Boyle individualized bail determinations ⓘ
Stack v. Boyle constitutional limits on pretrial detention ⓘ
Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction binding precedent on lower federal courts via predicate surface "precedentialEffect" ⓘ
Rostker v. Goldberg cases involving gender classifications in military policy ⓘ
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish upholding state economic regulation via predicate surface "isPrecedentFor" ⓘ
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish later minimum wage and labor standards cases via predicate surface "isPrecedentFor" ⓘ
United States v. Munoz-Flores binding on lower federal courts via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Flint v. Stone Tracy Co. later cases interpreting Congress’s taxing power via predicate surface "isPrecedentFor" ⓘ
Flint v. Stone Tracy Co. later cases upholding federal excise and income taxes via predicate surface "isPrecedentFor" ⓘ
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus judicial limits on retroactive economic legislation affecting contracts ⓘ
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey analysis of when state modification of its own contracts violates the Contract Clause ⓘ
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey limits on retroactive alteration of public bond covenants ⓘ
Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co. subsequent Contract Clause cases involving state economic regulation ⓘ
Johnson v. Zerbst right to counsel jurisprudence ⓘ
Johnson v. Zerbst Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ
Supreme Court decision in City of Mobile v. Bolden
surface form: City of Mobile v. Bolden
intent requirement in certain equal protection and Fifteenth Amendment voting claims ⓘ
Lucas v. Earl binding precedent in U.S. federal tax law via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Blair v. Commissioner subsequent U.S. tax cases involving trust income assignments via predicate surface "usedAsPrecedentIn" ⓘ
Lockett v. Ohio requirement that capital sentencers may consider any relevant mitigating evidence ⓘ
Coker v. Georgia Limiting use of the death penalty to crimes resulting in death ⓘ
Coker v. Georgia Prohibiting capital punishment for the rape of an adult woman ⓘ
Treaty of Canandaigua later United States–Native American treaties via predicate surface "setsPrecedentFor" ⓘ
Northern Securities Co. v. United States later federal antitrust enforcement actions ⓘ
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County limits on state and local evasion of desegregation orders ⓘ
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County prohibition of public support for racially segregated private schools used to avoid integration ⓘ
Hansberry v. Lee limits on nonparty preclusion ⓘ
Hansberry v. Lee requirements for representative litigation ⓘ
Territory of Orleans civil law tradition in Louisiana via predicate surface "hasLegalPrecedentFor" ⓘ