precedentFor

P3138
predicate

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

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
Helvering v. Davis later cases involving federal spending power ⓘ
Roe v. Wade constitutional protection of certain privacy-related decisions prior to 2022 via predicate surface "isCitedAsPrecedentFor" ⓘ
Bush v. Gore binding precedent on federal equal protection analysis of recount procedures via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
McCulloch v. Maryland broad federal regulatory power ⓘ
McCulloch v. Maryland later Commerce Clause jurisprudence ⓘ
Hines v. Davidowitz field preemption doctrine ⓘ
Hines v. Davidowitz limits on state regulation of immigrants ⓘ
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. broad federal regulation of economic activities affecting interstate commerce ⓘ
Reynolds v. United States distinction between religious belief and religiously motivated conduct ⓘ
Reynolds v. United States later Free Exercise Clause jurisprudence ⓘ
Massachusetts Reports binding in Massachusetts courts via predicate surface "precedentialValue" ⓘ
Roman Senate modern senates ⓘ
Brown II later school desegregation enforcement cases ⓘ
Ware v. Hylton supremacy of federal treaties over state legislation ⓘ
Ware v. Hylton judicial review of state laws for consistency with federal treaties ⓘ
Ware v. Hylton federal supremacy in foreign affairs ⓘ
Gonzales v. Raich Wickard v. Filburn via predicate surface "priorCaseReliedOn" ⓘ
Gonzales v. Raich binding on all lower federal courts via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Furman v. Georgia later death penalty jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ
Katzenbach v. McClung later Commerce Clause civil rights cases ⓘ
Gibbons v. Ogden Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ
Gibbons v. Ogden Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ⓘ
Gibbons v. Ogden Gonzales v. Raich ⓘ
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez binding precedent on federal equal protection challenges to school finance systems via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Gideon v. Wainwright Argersinger v. Hamlin ⓘ
Gideon v. Wainwright Alabama v. Shelton ⓘ
United States v. Darby broad congressional authority to regulate labor conditions affecting interstate commerce ⓘ
Inter-American Court of Human Rights domestic courts in the Americas via predicate surface "hasPrecedentInfluenceOn" ⓘ
Inter-American Court of Human Rights international human rights jurisprudence via predicate surface "hasPrecedentInfluenceOn" ⓘ
Sherbert v. Verner Wisconsin v. Yoder ⓘ
Sherbert v. Verner Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division ⓘ
Sherbert v. Verner Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida ⓘ
Sherbert v. Verner Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security ⓘ
Smith v. Allwright later voting rights cases enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ
Smith v. Allwright expansion of the concept of state action in civil rights jurisprudence ⓘ
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. religious exemptions for closely held corporations from federal regulations ⓘ
United States v. Butler partially superseded by later New Deal era decisions via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Briggs v. Elliott Plessy v. Ferguson via predicate surface "precedentCited" ⓘ
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi limits on state involvement in foreign affairs ⓘ
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority good law as to overruling National League of Cities v. Usery via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Printz v. United States limiting federal power over state executive officials ⓘ
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper binding on all lower federal courts via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper binding on state courts on questions of federal law via predicate surface "precedentStatus" ⓘ
National League of Cities v. Usery temporary limitation on federal regulation of state governmental functions ⓘ
Browder v. Gayle Brown v. Board of Education via predicate surface "precedent" ⓘ
Browder v. Gayle applying Brown v. Board of Education to public transportation via predicate surface "precedentUsedFor" ⓘ
Sweatt v. Painter Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Shelley v. Kraemer cases challenging racially discriminatory housing practices ⓘ
Shelley v. Kraemer later civil rights litigation concerning state action ⓘ
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents desegregation of public higher education in the United States ⓘ