Leading Case
LEADING CASE
An important judicial decision that is frequently regarded as having settled or determined the law upon all points involved in such controversies and thereby serves as a guide for subsequent decisions.
brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L. Ed. 873 (1954), which declared racial segregation in public schools to be in violation of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, is an example of a leading case.
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