Patricia M. Wald
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Patricia M. Wald was a prominent American jurist who became the first woman to serve on and later lead the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and also served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patricia M. Wald canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12902427 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patricia M. Wald Context triple: [Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, officeHoldersInclude, Patricia M. Wald]
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A.
Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist best known for her long tenure as a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and her influential commentary on the U.S. judiciary.
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B.
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Jeffrey A. Rosen is an American lawyer and government official who has served in senior roles at the U.S. Department of Transportation and later as Deputy Attorney General of the United States.
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C.
Martha Finnemore
Martha Finnemore is a prominent American international relations scholar known for her influential work on constructivism and the role of norms and international organizations in global politics.
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D.
Lenore J. Coffee
Lenore J. Coffee was an American screenwriter and playwright known for her prolific work in Hollywood melodramas and literary adaptations during the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Elizabeth Luttig
Elizabeth Luttig is the wife of former federal judge J. Michael Luttig and a member of a prominent American legal and philanthropic family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patricia M. Wald Target entity description: Patricia M. Wald was a prominent American jurist who became the first woman to serve on and later lead the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and also served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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A.
Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist best known for her long tenure as a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and her influential commentary on the U.S. judiciary.
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B.
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Jeffrey A. Rosen is an American lawyer and government official who has served in senior roles at the U.S. Department of Transportation and later as Deputy Attorney General of the United States.
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C.
Martha Finnemore
Martha Finnemore is a prominent American international relations scholar known for her influential work on constructivism and the role of norms and international organizations in global politics.
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D.
Lenore J. Coffee
Lenore J. Coffee was an American screenwriter and playwright known for her prolific work in Hollywood melodramas and literary adaptations during the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Elizabeth Luttig
Elizabeth Luttig is the wife of former federal judge J. Michael Luttig and a member of a prominent American legal and philanthropic family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American judge
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human ⓘ judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Jimmy Carter ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
United States federal law
ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
linked to:
International humanitarian law
|
| awardReceived | Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-09-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-01-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Connecticut College
ⓘ
Yale Law School ⓘ |
| familyName | Wald ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
international criminal law
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| givenName | Patricia ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
United States federal judiciary
ⓘ
linked to:
federal judiciary of the United States
international criminal justice system ⓘ |
| memberOf |
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| name | Patricia M. Wald ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first woman to serve as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
ⓘ
first woman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| notableWork |
opinions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
ⓘ
opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| partOf |
United Nations ad hoc tribunals
ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations-backed tribunals
United States federal courts of appeals ⓘ
linked to:
United States courts of appeals
|
| placeOfBirth |
Torrington, Connecticut, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Torrington, Connecticut
|
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C., United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| positionHeld |
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
ⓘ
Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C., United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workedOn | war crimes cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patricia M. Wald Description of subject: Patricia M. Wald was a prominent American jurist who became the first woman to serve on and later lead the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and also served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.