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[[File:Tom Mooney and Angelo Herndon 1937 Edit.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|[[Tom Mooney]] and [[Angelo Herndon]] {{circa}} 1937. Both men became ''causes célèbres'' for the [[American Left]] in the first half of the [[20th century]].]]
A {{lang|fr|'''cause célèbre'''}} ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ɔː|z|_|s|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|b|(|r|ə|)|audio=en-us-cause-célèbre.ogg}} {{respell|KAWZ|_|sə|LEB(|rə)}},<ref name="Collins">{{Cite web |title=cause célèbre |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cause+c%c3%a9l%c3%a8bre |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com |language=en}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|koz selɛbʁ|lang}}; pl. '''''causes célèbres''''', pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread [[controversy]], outside [[Advocacy|campaigning]], and heated [[public debate]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |entry=cause célèbre |dictionary=The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy |edition=3rd |editor1-first=E. D. Jr. |editor1-last=Hirsch |editor2-first=Joseph F. |editor2-last=Kett |editor3-first=James |editor3-last=Trefil |date=2002 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |via=Bartleby.com |url=http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/causecelebre.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921150757/http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/causecelebre.html |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |title=Telecommunications Essay &#124; Bartleby}}</ref> The term is sometimes used positively for celebrated legal cases for their [[precedent]] value (each ''[[locus classicus]]'' or "case-in-point") and more often negatively for infamous ones, whether for scale, outrage, [[scandal]], or [[conspiracy theories]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |entry=cause célèbre |dictionary=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=4th |date=2000 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |via=Bartleby.com |url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/C0173100.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803114311/http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/C0173100.html |archive-date=August 3, 2008 |title=Homework Help and Textbook Solutions &#124; bartleby}}</ref> The term is a [[List of French phrases|French phrase]] in common usage in English. Since it has been fully adopted into English and is included unitalicized in English dictionaries,<ref name="AmHerit">{{Cite web |title=cause célèbre |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cause+c%c3%a9l%c3%a8bre |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Collins" /><ref name="RandHouse">''Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary''. S.v. "cause célèbre." Retrieved November 30, 2018 from https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cause+c%c3%a9l%c3%a8bre</ref> it is not normally italicized despite its French origin.
A {{lang|fr|'''cause célèbre'''}} ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ɔː|z|_|s|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|b|(|r|ə|)|audio=en-us-cause-célèbre.ogg}} {{respell|KAWZ|_|sə|LEB(|rə)}},<ref name="Collins">{{Cite web |title=cause célèbre |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cause+c%c3%a9l%c3%a8bre |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com |language=en}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|koz selɛbʁ|lang}}; pl. '''''causes célèbres''''', pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread [[controversy]], outside [[Advocacy|campaigning]], and heated [[public debate]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |entry=cause célèbre |dictionary=The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy |edition=3rd |editor1-first=E. D. Jr. |editor1-last=Hirsch |editor2-first=Joseph F. |editor2-last=Kett |editor3-first=James |editor3-last=Trefil |date=2002 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |via=Bartleby.com |url=http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/causecelebre.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921150757/http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/causecelebre.html |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |title=Telecommunications Essay &#124; Bartleby}}</ref> The term is sometimes used positively for celebrated legal cases for their [[precedent]] value (each ''[[locus classicus]]'' or "case-in-point") and more often negatively for infamous ones, whether for scale, outrage, [[scandal]], or [[conspiracy theories]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |entry=cause célèbre |dictionary=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=4th |date=2000 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |via=Bartleby.com |url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/C0173100.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803114311/http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/C0173100.html |archive-date=August 3, 2008 |title=Homework Help and Textbook Solutions &#124; bartleby}}</ref> The term is a [[List of French phrases|French phrase]] in common usage in English. Since it has been fully adopted into English and is included unitalicized in English dictionaries,<ref name="AmHerit">{{Cite web |title=cause célèbre |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cause+c%c3%a9l%c3%a8bre |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Collins" /><ref name="RandHouse">''Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary''. S.v. "cause célèbre." Retrieved November 30, 2018 from https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cause+c%c3%a9l%c3%a8bre</ref> it is not normally italicized despite its French origin.


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* King [[Edward IV of England]]'s marriage to [[Elizabeth Woodville#Queen consort|Elizabeth Woodville]], England, 1460s and 1470s
* King [[Edward IV of England]]'s marriage to [[Elizabeth Woodville#Queen consort|Elizabeth Woodville]], England, 1460s and 1470s
* The [[Princes in the Tower]], England, 1483
* The [[Princes in the Tower]], England, 1483
* The imposture of [[Martin Guerre]], France, 1560
* The [[murder of Lord Darnley]], Scotland, 1567
* The [[murder of Lord Darnley]], Scotland, 1567
* The [[Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots|execution of Mary Stuart]], England, 1587
* The [[Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots|execution of Mary Stuart]], England, 1587
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* The [[Scottsboro Boys]] case, United States, 1931
* The [[Scottsboro Boys]] case, United States, 1931
* The [[Lindbergh kidnapping]], United States, 1932
* The [[Lindbergh kidnapping]], United States, 1932
* The [[Mrs Freer]] case, Australia, 1936
* The [[Port Chicago disaster]], United States, 1944
* The [[Port Chicago disaster]], United States, 1944
* The [[bombing of Dresden]], [[Germany]], [[1945]]
* The [[bombing of Dresden]], [[Germany]], 1945
* The [[Bhawal case]], India, 1946<ref>[http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1946/1946_32.pdf Srimati Bibhabati Devi v Kumar Ramenda Narayan Roy and others (Fort William (Bengal)) (1946) UKPC 32 (30 July 1946)]</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhawal_Case|title=Bhawal Case|last=Islam|first=Sirajul|encyclopedia=[[Banglapedia]]|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chaudhuri|first=Supriya|title=The man who would be king|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2002/10/06/stories/2002100600190300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419170742/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2002/10/06/stories/2002100600190300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2018|access-date=23 January 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 October 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Murad|last=Fyzee|title=A Prince, Poison and Two Funerals: The Bhowal Sanyasi Case|publisher=English Edition Publishers|year=2003|isbn=81-87853-32-8}}</ref>
* The [[Bhawal case]], India, 1946<ref>[http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1946/1946_32.pdf Srimati Bibhabati Devi v Kumar Ramenda Narayan Roy and others (Fort William (Bengal)) (1946) UKPC 32 (30 July 1946)]</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhawal_Case|title=Bhawal Case|last=Islam|first=Sirajul|encyclopedia=[[Banglapedia]]|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chaudhuri|first=Supriya|title=The man who would be king|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2002/10/06/stories/2002100600190300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419170742/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2002/10/06/stories/2002100600190300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2018|access-date=23 January 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 October 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Murad|last=Fyzee|title=A Prince, Poison and Two Funerals: The Bhowal Sanyasi Case|publisher=English Edition Publishers|year=2003|isbn=81-87853-32-8}}</ref>
* The [[Derek Bentley case]], United Kingdom, 1953
* The [[Derek Bentley case]], United Kingdom, 1953
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* The [[murder of Stephen Lawrence]], London, 1993–2015
* The [[murder of Stephen Lawrence]], London, 1993–2015
* [[O. J. Simpson murder case]], United States, 1994–1995<ref><!--Note: Chapter and Book have the same title. -->{{cite book |first=Thomas |last=Sowell |author-link=Thomas Sowell |title=The Quest for Cosmic Justice |date=June 30, 2001 |orig-year=1999 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |oclc=898484807 |isbn=978-0-7432-1507-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5eU2KN9ChnEC&pg=PA19 |page=19 |quote=A more recent cause célèbre of the American criminal justice system was the murder trial of former football star O.J. Simpson, which provoked widespread consternation, not only because of its "not guilty" verdict in the face of massive evidence to the contrary, but also because of the sheer length of time that the trial took.}}</ref>
* [[O. J. Simpson murder case]], United States, 1994–1995<ref><!--Note: Chapter and Book have the same title. -->{{cite book |first=Thomas |last=Sowell |author-link=Thomas Sowell |title=The Quest for Cosmic Justice |date=June 30, 2001 |orig-year=1999 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |oclc=898484807 |isbn=978-0-7432-1507-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5eU2KN9ChnEC&pg=PA19 |page=19 |quote=A more recent cause célèbre of the American criminal justice system was the murder trial of former football star O.J. Simpson, which provoked widespread consternation, not only because of its "not guilty" verdict in the face of massive evidence to the contrary, but also because of the sheer length of time that the trial took.}}</ref>
* The [[Terri Schiavo case]], United States, 1998-2005
* The [[Terri Schiavo case]], United States, 1998–2005
* [[David Camm]], United States, 2000
* [[David Camm]], United States, 2000
* The [[Bain family murders]], New Zealand, 2004
* The [[Bain family murders]], New Zealand, 2004
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* The [[2012 Delhi gang rape|Delhi gang rape]], India, 2012<ref name="dailyo">{{cite web |last=Harikrishnan |first=Charmy |title=India's Daughter: Why we should watch Leslee Udwin's documentary |url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/leslee-udwin-indias-daughter-nirbhaya-december-16-2012-delhi-gang-rape/story/1/2379.html |website=Daily O |publisher=India Today Group |date=2015-03-04 |access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref><ref name="libertarianhome">{{cite web |last=Gibb |first=Simon |title=The Delhi Gang Rape Incident|url=http://libertarianhome.co.uk/2012/12/the-delhi-gang-rape/ |website=Libertarian Home |date=2012-12-30 |access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref>
* The [[2012 Delhi gang rape|Delhi gang rape]], India, 2012<ref name="dailyo">{{cite web |last=Harikrishnan |first=Charmy |title=India's Daughter: Why we should watch Leslee Udwin's documentary |url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/leslee-udwin-indias-daughter-nirbhaya-december-16-2012-delhi-gang-rape/story/1/2379.html |website=Daily O |publisher=India Today Group |date=2015-03-04 |access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref><ref name="libertarianhome">{{cite web |last=Gibb |first=Simon |title=The Delhi Gang Rape Incident|url=http://libertarianhome.co.uk/2012/12/the-delhi-gang-rape/ |website=Libertarian Home |date=2012-12-30 |access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref>
* The [[Causeway Bay Books disappearances]], China, 2015
* The [[Causeway Bay Books disappearances]], China, 2015
* The [[assassination of Marielle Franco]], Brazil, 2018
* The [[assassination of Jamal Khashoggi]], Turkey, 2018
* The [[assassination of Jamal Khashoggi]], Turkey, 2018
* The [[2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute|Sea of Japan radar targeting incident]], Japan and South Korea, 2018
* The [[2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute|Sea of Japan radar targeting incident]], Japan and South Korea, 2018
* The [[murder of George Floyd]], United States, 2020
* The [[murder of George Floyd]], United States, 2020
* The [[murder of Sarah Everard]], United Kingdom, 2021
* The [[murder of Sarah Everard]], United Kingdom, 2021
* The [[Jacob Zuma contempt of court|arrest of Jacob Zuma]], South Africa, 2021
* The trial of [[Kyle Rittenhouse]] after the [[Kenosha unrest shooting]], United States, 2021<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barrett|first=Joe|date=2020-09-01|title=Kyle Rittenhouse, Charged With Killing Two in Kenosha, Sees Strong Fundraising Support|language=en|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kyle-rittenhouse-charged-with-killing-two-in-kenosha-emerges-as-a-cause-celebre-to-some-11598998441|access-date=2022-07-10}}</ref>
* The trial of [[Kyle Rittenhouse]] after the [[Kenosha unrest shooting]], United States, 2021<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barrett|first=Joe|date=2020-09-01|title=Kyle Rittenhouse, Charged With Killing Two in Kenosha, Sees Strong Fundraising Support|language=en|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kyle-rittenhouse-charged-with-killing-two-in-kenosha-emerges-as-a-cause-celebre-to-some-11598998441|access-date=2022-07-10}}</ref>
* ''[[Depp v. Heard]]'', United States, 2022
* ''[[Depp v. Heard]]'', United States, 2022
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* The [[killing of Brian Thompson]], United States, 2024
* The [[killing of Brian Thompson]], United States, 2024
* The [[killing of Austin Metcalf]], United States, 2025
* The [[killing of Austin Metcalf]], United States, 2025
* The [[assassination of Charlie Kirk]], United States, 2025


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File:Tom Mooney and Angelo Herndon 1937 Edit.jpg
Tom Mooney and Angelo Herndon Template:Circa 1937. Both men became causes célèbres for the American Left in the first half of the 20th century.

A Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell,[1] Script error: No such module "IPA".; pl. causes célèbres, pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate.[2] The term is sometimes used positively for celebrated legal cases for their precedent value (each locus classicus or "case-in-point") and more often negatively for infamous ones, whether for scale, outrage, scandal, or conspiracy theories.[3] The term is a French phrase in common usage in English. Since it has been fully adopted into English and is included unitalicized in English dictionaries,[4][1][5] it is not normally italicized despite its French origin.

It has been noted that the public attention given to a particular case or event can obscure the facts rather than clarify them. As John Humffreys Parry states, "The true story of many a cause célèbre is never made manifest in the evidence given or in the advocates' orations, but might be recovered from these old papers when the dust of ages has rendered them immune from scandal".[6]

Etymology

In French, one of the meanings of Script error: No such module "Lang". is a legal case, and Script error: No such module "Lang". means "famous". The phrase originated with the 37-volume Script error: No such module "Lang"., published in 1763, which was a collection of reports of well-known French court decisions from the 17th and 18th centuries.

While English speakers had used the phrase for many years, it came into much more common usage after the 1894 conviction of Alfred Dreyfus for espionage during the cementing of a period of deep cultural ties with a political tie between England and France, the Entente Cordiale. Both attracted worldwide interest and the period of closeness or rapprochement officially broadened the English language.

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  6. John Humffreys Parry, "Whistler v. Ruskin: An Attorney's Story of a Famous Trial", in The Living Age (January–March 1921), Vol. 308, p. 346.
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