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2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><b>cause célèbre</b></i></span> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span></span>(<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>)/</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span 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class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[koz<span class="wrap"> </span>selɛbʁ]</a></span>; pl. <i><b>causes célèbres</b></i>, pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread <a href="/wiki/Controversy" title="Controversy">controversy</a>, outside <a href="/wiki/Advocacy" title="Advocacy">campaigning</a>, and heated <a href="/wiki/Public_debate" title="Public debate">public debate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term is sometimes used positively for celebrated legal cases for their <a href="/wiki/Precedent" title="Precedent">precedent</a> value (each <i><a href="/wiki/Locus_classicus" title="Locus classicus">locus classicus</a></i> or "case-in-point") and more often negatively for infamous ones, whether for scale, outrage, <a href="/wiki/Scandal" title="Scandal">scandal</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy theories">conspiracy theories</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_French_phrases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of French phrases">French phrase</a> in common usage in English. Since it has been fully adopted into English and is included unitalicized in English dictionaries,<sup id="cite_ref-AmHerit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmHerit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Collins_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collins-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RandHouse_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RandHouse-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is not normally italicized despite its French origin. </p><p>It has been noted that the public attention given to a particular case or event can obscure the facts rather than clarify them. As <a href="/wiki/John_Humffreys_Parry" title="John Humffreys Parry">John Humffreys Parry</a> 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".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In French, one of the meanings of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">cause</i></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Legal_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal case">legal case</a>, and <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">célèbre</i></span> means "famous". The phrase originated with the 37-volume <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Nouvelles Causes Célèbres</i></span>, published in 1763, which was a collection of reports of well-known French court decisions from the 17th and 18th centuries. </p><p>While English speakers had used the phrase for many years, it came into much more common usage after the <a href="/wiki/Dreyfus_affair" title="Dreyfus affair">1894 conviction</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Dreyfus" title="Alfred Dreyfus">Alfred Dreyfus</a> for <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">espionage</a> during the cementing of a period of deep cultural ties with a political tie between England and France, the <a href="/wiki/Entente_Cordiale" title="Entente Cordiale">Entente Cordiale</a>. Both attracted worldwide interest and the period of closeness or <a href="/wiki/Rapprochement" title="Rapprochement">rapprochement</a> officially broadened the English language. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The murder of <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Martyr" title="Edward the Martyr">Edward the Martyr</a>, England, 978</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Becket_controversy" title="Becket controversy">Becket controversy</a>, England, 1163–1170</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Tour_de_Nesle_affair" title="Tour de Nesle affair">Tour de Nesle affair</a>, France, 1314</li> <li>King <a href="/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward IV of England">Edward IV of England</a>'s marriage to <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Woodville#Queen_consort" title="Elizabeth Woodville">Elizabeth Woodville</a>, England, 1460s and 1470s</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower" title="Princes in the Tower">Princes in the Tower</a>, England, 1483</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Lord_Darnley" title="Murder of Lord Darnley">murder of Lord Darnley</a>, Scotland, 1567</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Execution_of_Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots">execution of Mary Stuart</a>, England, 1587</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot" title="Gunpowder Plot">Gunpowder Plot</a>, England, 1605</li> <li>The execution of <a href="/wiki/Robert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens" title="Robert-François Damiens">Robert-François Damiens</a>, France, 1757</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Cause" title="Douglas Cause">Douglas Cause</a>, Great Britain, 1760s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_Shakespeare_forgeries" title="Ireland Shakespeare forgeries">Ireland Shakespeare forgeries</a>, Great Britain, 1790s</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Burr_Conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Burr Conspiracy">Burr Conspiracy</a> and ensuing <a href="/wiki/Show_trial" title="Show trial">show trial</a>, United States, 1805–1807</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Marie_Lafarge" title="Marie Lafarge">Marie Lafarge</a> case, France, 1840</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Parkman%E2%80%93Webster_murder_case" title="Parkman–Webster murder case">Parkman–Webster murder case</a>, United States, 1849–1850</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Mortara_case" title="Mortara case">Mortara case</a>, Papal States, 1850s and 1860s<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Tichborne_case" title="Tichborne case">Tichborne case</a>, United Kingdom, 1860s and 1870s</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Vera_Zasulich#Trepov_incident" title="Vera Zasulich">Vera Zasulich trial</a>, Russia, 1878<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (December 2016)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens" title="R v Dudley and Stephens">R v Dudley and Stephens</a></i> cannibalism case, United Kingdom, 1884</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Dreyfus_affair" title="Dreyfus affair">Dreyfus affair</a>, France, 1890s and 1900s<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The murder trial of <a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Borden" title="Lizzie Borden">Lizzie Borden</a>, United States, 1893</li> <li>The libel trial of <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde#Trials" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a>, United Kingdom, 1895</li> <li>The murder trial of <a href="/wiki/Maria_Barbella" title="Maria Barbella">Maria Barbella</a>, United States, 1895<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The murder trial of <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Luetgert" title="Adolph Luetgert">Adolph Luetgert</a>, 1897</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Brown_Dog_affair" title="Brown Dog affair">Brown Dog affair</a>, United Kingdom, 1900s</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times_bombing" title="Los Angeles Times bombing"><i>Los Angeles Times</i> bombing</a>, 1910</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Menahem_Mendel_Beilis" title="Menahem Mendel Beilis">Beilis case</a>, Russian Empire, 1913<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti" title="Sacco and Vanzetti">Sacco and Vanzetti</a> appeals, United States, 1920s</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Charles_Ponzi" title="Charles Ponzi">Ponzi Scheme</a>, United States, 1923</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Scopes_Monkey_Trial" class="mw-redirect" title="Scopes Monkey Trial">Scopes Monkey Trial</a>, United States, 1925</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/St._Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Valentine's Day Massacre">St. Valentine's Day Massacre</a>, United States, 1929</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping" title="Lindbergh kidnapping">Lindbergh kidnapping</a>, United States, 1932</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster" title="Port Chicago disaster">Port Chicago disaster</a>, United States, 1944</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden" title="Bombing of Dresden">bombing of Dresden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bhawal_case" title="Bhawal case">Bhawal case</a>, India, 1946<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Derek_Bentley_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Derek Bentley case">Derek Bentley case</a>, United Kingdom, 1953</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Petrov_Affair" title="Petrov Affair">Petrov Affair</a>, Australia, 1954</li> <li>The shooting of <a href="/wiki/William_Woodward_Jr." title="William Woodward Jr.">William Woodward Jr.</a> by his wife <a href="/wiki/Ann_Woodward" title="Ann Woodward">Ann Woodward</a>, United States, 1955</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Johnny_Stompanato" title="Killing of Johnny Stompanato">killing of Johnny Stompanato</a>, United States, 1958</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">assassination of John F. Kennedy</a>, United States, 1963</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Tate-LaBianca_murders" class="mw-redirect" title="Tate-LaBianca murders">Tate-LaBianca murders</a>, United States, 1969</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_affair" title="Thorpe affair">Thorpe affair</a>, United Kingdom, 1970s</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>, United States, 1972–1974</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/John_Bingham,_7th_Earl_of_Lucan" title="John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan">disappearance of Lord Lucan</a>, United Kingdom, 1974</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Bundy" title="Ted Bundy">Ted Bundy</a>'s impending trial in Aspen, 1977<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Jonestown#Deaths_in_Jonestown" title="Jonestown">Jonestown Cult Suicide</a>, Guyana, 1978</li> <li>The trials of <a href="/wiki/Claus_von_B%C3%BClow" title="Claus von Bülow">Claus von Bülow</a>, United States, 1982–1985</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Martinovi%C4%87_incident" title="Đorđe Martinović incident">Đorđe Martinović incident</a>, Yugoslavia, 1985<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_the_Goldmark_family" title="Murder of the Goldmark family">murder of the Goldmark family</a>, United States, 1985</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Rodney_King" title="Rodney King">Rodney King beating</a>, United States, 1991<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Shanda_Sharer" title="Murder of Shanda Sharer">murder of Shanda Sharer</a>, United States, 1992</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(childcare_worker)" title="Peter Ellis (childcare worker)">Peter Ellis trial</a>, New Zealand, 1993</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Stephen_Lawrence" title="Murder of Stephen Lawrence">murder of Stephen Lawrence</a>, London, 1993–2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case" class="mw-redirect" title="O. J. Simpson murder case">O. J. Simpson murder case</a>, United States, 1994–1995<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case" title="Terri Schiavo case">Terri Schiavo case</a>, United States, 1998-2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Camm" class="mw-redirect" title="David Camm">David Camm</a>, United States, 2000</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bain_family_murders" title="Bain family murders">Bain family murders</a>, New Zealand, 2004</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Knox" title="Amanda Knox">Amanda Knox</a> trials, Italy, 2009–2015<sup id="cite_ref-Amanda_Knox_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amanda_Knox-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Magnitsky" title="Sergei Magnitsky">Sergei Magnitsky</a>'s death, Russia, 2009<sup id="cite_ref-Sunday_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sunday-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi" title="Mohamed Bouazizi">Mohamed Bouazizi</a>'s self-immolation, Tunisia, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Assange_v_Swedish_Prosecution_Authority" title="Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority">Julian Assange</a> extradition, United Kingdom, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pussy_Riot" title="Pussy Riot">Pussy Riot</a> trial, Russia, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Delhi gang rape">Delhi gang rape</a>, India, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-dailyo_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyo-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-libertarianhome_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-libertarianhome-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearances" title="Causeway Bay Books disappearances">Causeway Bay Books disappearances</a>, China, 2015</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi" title="Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi">assassination of Jamal Khashoggi</a>, Turkey, 2018</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/2018_Japan%E2%80%93South_Korea_radar_lock-on_dispute" title="2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute">Sea of Japan radar targeting incident</a>, Japan and South Korea, 2018</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd" title="Murder of George Floyd">murder of George Floyd</a>, United States, 2020</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard" title="Murder of Sarah Everard">murder of Sarah Everard</a>, United Kingdom, 2021</li> <li>The trial of <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rittenhouse" title="Kyle Rittenhouse">Kyle Rittenhouse</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Kenosha_unrest_shooting" title="Kenosha unrest shooting">Kenosha unrest shooting</a>, United States, 2021<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Depp_v._Heard" title="Depp v. Heard">Depp v. Heard</a></i>, United States, 2022</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Mo%C3%AFse_Mugenyi_Kabagambe" title="Murder of Moïse Mugenyi Kabagambe">murder of Moïse Mugenyi Kabagambe</a>, Brazil, 2022</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini" title="Death of Mahsa Amini">death of Mahsa Amini</a>, Iran, 2022</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Brianna_Ghey" title="Murder of Brianna Ghey">murder of Brianna Ghey</a>, United Kingdom, 2023</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson" title="Killing of Brian Thompson">killing of Brian Thompson</a>, United States, 2024</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional_examples">Fictional examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fictional examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The death of <a href="/wiki/Jean_Maximilien_Lamarque" title="Jean Maximilien Lamarque">General Lamarque</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables" title="Les Misérables">Les Misérables</a></i> (1832)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Prison_riot" title="Prison riot">prison riot</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Natural_Born_Killers" title="Natural Born Killers">Natural Born Killers</a></i> (1994)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trial_of_the_century" title="Trial of the century">Trial of the century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_landmark_court_decisions" title="Lists of landmark court decisions">Lists of landmark court decisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_French_expressions_in_English" class="mw-redirect" title="List of French expressions in English">List of French expressions in English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_circus" title="Media circus">Media circus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome" title="Missing white woman syndrome">Missing white woman syndrome</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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