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Umbrella Case

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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case bashing

To drink an entire case of beer quickly in one sitting with a friend(s)
Friends and I were case bashing in the parking lot before the big game.
by CarmelloJenkins June 23, 2024
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crack the case

being a pervert and stalking people for info
im gonna crack the case onwho nico is dating,
by urboitimnothere October 10, 2017
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Basket Case

Do you have the time to listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once?
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Or am I just stoned?

I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Huh yeah, yeah, yeah

(Ooh, ooh)

Grasping to control
So I better hold on

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Or am I just stoned?

Basket Case
by Death Menace August 10, 2023
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Case Griffith

Some one who is more than wierd they are just Dank
by Chris Stanley November 7, 2019
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Cased

Synonym for chopped; antonym for plamered
That kid is so ugly”. “Yeah he’s so cased”
by aidogoated October 14, 2025
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