Cases
Bosman (1995): Free Movement of Workers and the Transformation of European Sport
Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman (Case C-415/93), known as the Bosman ruling, is a landmark judgment delivered by the CJEU on 15 December 1995. The case …
Brasserie du Pêcheur and Factortame III (1996): State Liability Conditions Refined
Brasserie du Pêcheur SA v Germany and R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd (Cases C-46/93 and C-48/93), known as Brasserie du Pêcheur / Factortame III, is a landmark judgment …
Cassis de Dijon (1979): Mutual Recognition and the Free Movement of Goods
Rewe-Zentrale AG v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein (Case 120/78), commonly known as Cassis de Dijon, is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 20 February 1979. The …
Costa v ENEL (1964): The Supremacy of EU Law
Costa v ENEL (Case 6/64) is the landmark judgment in which the European Court of Justice established the doctrine of supremacy of EU law over conflicting national law. Decided on 15 July 1964, one …
Dansk Rørindustri v Commission (2005): Competition Law Fines, Legal Certainty, and Non-Retroactivity
Dansk Rørindustri A/S and Others v Commission of the European Communities (Cases C-189/02 P, C-202/02 P, C-205/02 P to C-208/02 P, and C-213/02 P) is a landmark judgment of the Court of Justice of the …
Defrenne v SABENA (1976): Equal Pay and Horizontal Direct Effect
Defrenne v Société Anonyme Belge de Navigation Aérienne (SABENA) (Case 43/75), known as Defrenne No. 2, is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 8 April 1976. The case …
Factortame (1990/1996): Supremacy, Interim Relief, and State Liability
The Factortame litigation comprises a series of landmark judgments arising from the challenge by Spanish fishermen to the United Kingdom’s Merchant Shipping Act 1988. The case produced two of …
Foster v British Gas (1990): The Definition of the State for Horizontal Direct Effect
Foster v British Gas plc (Case C-188/89) is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 12 July 1990. The case addressed the scope of the vertical direct effect of directives: …
Francovich v Italy (1991): State Liability for Breach of EU Law
Francovich v Italian Republic (Cases C-6/90 and C-9/90) is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 19 November 1991. The case established the principle of state liability for …
Google Spain (2014): The Right to Be Forgotten and Data Protection
Google Spain SL v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) (Case C-131/12), commonly known as Google Spain or the Right to Be Forgotten case, is a landmark judgment of the Court of Justice of …
Internationale Handelsgesellschaft (1970): Fundamental Rights in EU Law
Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel (Case 11/70) is a seminal judgment of the European Court of Justice that established fundamental …
Kadi (2008): Fundamental Rights, UN Sanctions, and EU Legal Autonomy
Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (Cases C-402/05 P and C-415/05 P), known as Kadi I, is a landmark judgment of …
Mangold (2005): General Principles and Horizontal Direct Effect
Mangold v Helm (Case C-144/04) is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice that established that the general principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age has horizontal direct effect …
Marleasing (1990): The Interpretative Obligation and Indirect Effect
Marleasing SA v La Comercial Internacional de Alimentación SA (Case C-106/89) is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 13 November 1990. The case established the …
Meroni v High Authority (1958): The Delegation of Powers Doctrine
Meroni v High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (Case 9/56) is a foundational judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 13 June 1958. The case established the Meroni …
Omega Spielhallen (2004): Human Dignity as a Fundamental Right and Public Policy Derogation
Omega Spielhallen und Automatenaufstellungs-GmbH v Oberbürgermeisterin der Bundesstadt Bonn (Case C-36/02) is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 14 October 2004. The …
Pupino (2005): Consistent Interpretation and Framework Decisions
Criminal Proceedings against Giuseppe Francesco Casati and Others, joined cases C-105/03 — known broadly as Pupino (Case C-105/03) — is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered …
Schmidberger (2003): Free Movement of Goods v Fundamental Rights
Schmidberger v Austria (Case C-112/00) is a landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 12 June 2003. The case addressed the balance between the free movement of goods and the …
Van Gend en Loos (1963): The Foundation of Direct Effect
Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen (Case 26/62) is the foundational judgment of European Union law. Decided by the European Court of Justice on 5 February 1963, it …
Viking and Laval (2007): Collective Action, Posted Workers, and Economic Freedoms
The Viking and Laval judgments, delivered by the Grand Chamber of the CJEU on 11 December 2007, represent the most significant engagement by the Court with the relationship between the economic …