landmark case
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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.