key case

noun

1. a small case in which keys are carried.

Example Sentences

District Judge Dana Sabraw, who oversaw the key case challenging the zero-tolerance policy and family separations in 2018, will have final say on the settlement.

From Washington Times

One key case came before the justices Tuesday in a challenge to how Congress set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Wall Street regulator set up in the wake of the 2008 recession.

From Washington Times

“Take out its wall-to-wall F-bombs, envelope-pushing scatological humor and often gross and, in one key case, deeply disturbing visuals, and you’re pretty much left with an amusing if rote story of well-meaning animals learning lessons on the road,” writes film critic Gary Goldstein for The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

Take out its wall-to-wall F-bombs, envelope-pushing scatological humor and often gross and, in one key case, deeply disturbing visuals, and you’re pretty much left with an amusing if rote story of well-meaning animals learning lessons on the road.

From Los Angeles Times

Many music experts doubted that there was any significant musical similarity between the two songs, and still point to Three Boys as a key case where a jury got it wrong.

From New York Times