test case

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San Diego is the biggest of several California cities to try taxing empty houses, and it could serve as a key test case.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The 2016 referendum was viewed as a national test case after census data showed around a quarter of local properties were second homes.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

With hundreds of cases before the court, she zeroed in on one test case to govern them all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The closely watched test case could rewrite the rules of engagement for social companies and their youngest users — and leave tech titans on the hook for billions in damages.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

What Priddy needed was a blanket legal order that would authorize him to sterilize a woman on explicitly eugenic grounds; one such test case would set the standard for a thousand.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee