federal civil enforcement action

C31121
concept

A federal civil enforcement action is a non-criminal lawsuit brought by a U.S. federal agency or the Department of Justice to compel compliance with federal laws, regulations, or orders and to obtain remedies such as injunctions, penalties, or restitution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
environmental enforcement action 1
federal civil enforcement action canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: federal civil enforcement action
Generated description
A federal civil enforcement action is a non-criminal lawsuit brought by a U.S. federal agency or the Department of Justice to compel compliance with federal laws, regulations, or orders and to obtain remedies such as injunctions, penalties, or restitution.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
United States v. BP Exploration & Production Inc. environmental enforcement action
U.S. Department of Justice antitrust litigation