landmark case

Frequency: 7.05.8 per million words

a legal case that marks an important stage of development

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  • The Supreme Court's ruling in that landmark case reshaped civil rights law.
  • Legal scholars often refer to the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education.
  • This landmark case set a precedent for future environmental protection laws.
  • Her lawyers argued that it could become a landmark case for workers' rights.
  • The judge recognized the potential for this to be a landmark case.
  • Students study the implications of that landmark case in law school.
  • The decision in the landmark case was widely celebrated.
  • It was a landmark case that profoundly impacted public policy.
  • Historians will view this as a landmark case for digital privacy.
  • The court handled the landmark case with extreme care and scrutiny.