A term used describe one case which proceeds (or receives the most attention) to establish new case law or precedent, but there are (many) other cases with similar facts that will be impacted by the court's decision in the "umbrella" case.
Brown v. Board of Eduction could be considered an "umbrella case", in that it established new law and prevented schools from segregating on the basis of race, but at the time of Brown, numerous other school segregation cases were also in the judicial process, and these cases fell under the "umbrella" of the decision in Brown.
by frankdbz October 21, 2010
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Get the crack the casemug. "Classic case" is a term used to describe an obvious or typical example of a phenomenon, situation, or trend, often highlighting similarities between two or more subjects. In the context of films, it refers to instances where two movies share notable similarities in themes, release dates, or concepts, making them representative examples of "twin films".
The Indonesian movie similar to Ant-Man: Quantumania where both movies came out on February 2023, is a classic case of twin films.
by Emotional Cruiser November 3, 2025
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by SuperG2220 April 1, 2017
Get the Toothbrush Casemug. Case relations is the area of sociology that studies the social, political, and economic relations between cases at all different levels of language. This area encompasses the study of cascism, and of complex linguistic interactions between letters of different cases.
by the5hit May 5, 2008
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Lots of internet companies use unconventional capitalization for their company names. You have to be caseful when typing a name like eBay or reddit.
by caseful March 9, 2011
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