judicial holding

C35669
concept

A judicial holding is the court’s essential legal determination on the specific issues necessary to resolve a case, which forms binding precedent for future similar disputes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
judicial holding canonical 3
United States Supreme Court holding 2
constitutional holding 1

Description generation (CDg)

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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: judicial holding
Generated description
A judicial holding is the court’s essential legal determination on the specific issues necessary to resolve a case, which forms binding precedent for future similar disputes.

Instances (8)

Instance Via concept surface
Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit —
Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause constitutional holding
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment
linked to: The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment.
United States Supreme Court holding
Hirabayashi curfew holding
linked to: The Supreme Court held that the curfew order was a valid exercise of the war powers of Congress and the President.
United States Supreme Court holding
The Ninth Circuit held that the school violated Frederick's First Amendment rights
linked to: The Ninth Circuit held that the school violated Frederick's First Amendment rights.
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"Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation"
linked to: Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation
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Murray v. The Charming Betsy
linked to: Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author)
judicial precedent
Texas remained a state in the Union despite its attempted secession legalHolding