legalCase

P3996
predicate

Indicates a relationship where a formal legal dispute or proceeding exists between parties, typically adjudicated by a court or similar authority.

All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
legalCase canonical 247
legalActionAgainst 23
legalChallenge 20

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: legalCase
Generated description
Indicates a relationship where a formal legal dispute or proceeding exists between parties, typically adjudicated by a court or similar authority.

Sample triples (389)

Subject Object
Curt Flood Flood v. Kuhn
Benjamin Gitlow Gitlow v. New York
S. E. Allwright Smith v. Allwright
Christopher Newsom State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Davidson et al.
Christopher Newsom State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins
Christopher Newsom State of Tennessee v. George Thomas
Christopher Newsom State of Tennessee v. Vanessa Coleman
Christopher Newsom State of Tennessee v. Eric Boyd
Thomas Gibbons Gibbons v. Ogden
ACA
surface form: Affordable Care Act
NFIB v. Sebelius via predicate surface "legalChallenge"
surface form: National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
ACA
surface form: Affordable Care Act
King v. Burwell via predicate surface "legalChallenge"
ACA
surface form: Affordable Care Act
California v. Texas via predicate surface "legalChallenge"
Claudette Colvin Browder v. Gayle
Heman Marion Sweatt Sweatt v. Painter
Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth property litigation between Episcopal Church and departing diocesan leadership via predicate surface "legalDisputes"
Overture Services Google via predicate surface "legalDisputeWith"
Musqueam people R. v. Sparrow via predicate surface "notableLegalCase"
Musqueam people Guerin v. The Queen via predicate surface "notableLegalCase"
Oscar Wilde libel trial Marquess of Queensberry via predicate surface "legalActionAgainst"
Legal Tender Act of 1862 Hepburn v. Griswold via predicate surface "challengedInCase"
Legal Tender Act of 1862 Knox v. Lee via predicate surface "challengedInCase"
Legal Tender Act of 1862 Parker v. Davis via predicate surface "challengedInCase"
Permanent Record United States Department of Justice civil lawsuit via predicate surface "subjectOfLegalAction"
John Peter Zenger Zenger trial
surface form: Crown v. John Peter Zenger
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 South Dakota v. Dole via predicate surface "challengedInCase"
Joe G. Garcia Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Mildred Loving Loving v. Virginia
Richard Loving Loving v. Virginia
Ethel Shelley Shelley v. Kraemer
Big Bill Haywood trial for the murder of Frank Steunenberg
Leon Jaworski United States v. Nixon
George W. McLaurin McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
Ossian Sweet Ossian Sweet trial
surface form: People v. Sweet
Misfits name and merchandising rights dispute between Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only via predicate surface "legalDispute"
Enron United States v. Skilling
Enron United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP
Ray Nagin United States v. Ray Nagin
Birmingham Six R v McIlkenny and others
Connie Hawkins sued the NBA over his exclusion due to point-shaving allegations
Jeffrey Skilling United States v. Skilling
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Powell v. McCormack
Sharonell Fulton Philadelphia via predicate surface "legalActionAgainst"
surface form: City of Philadelphia
Myriad Genetics Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Aaron Ogden Gibbons v. Ogden
Ram Mandir
surface form: Ram Mandir, Ayodhya
Ayodhya title dispute
Theodore Tilton Tilton v. Beecher
Federal League Federal Baseball Club v. National League
Matthew Shepard State of Wyoming v. Aaron McKinney
Matthew Shepard State of Wyoming v. Aaron McKinney
surface form: State of Wyoming v. Russell Henderson
Black Star Line United States v. Marcus Garvey