Sturges v. Crowninshield
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Sturges v. Crowninshield was an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited state power over bankruptcy laws by holding that state insolvency statutes could not retroactively discharge debts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sturges v. Crowninshield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15885640 — 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: Sturges v. Crowninshield Context triple: [Marshall Court, significantCase, Sturges v. Crowninshield]
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A.
Calder v. Bull
Calder v. Bull is an 1798 U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the limited scope of the Constitution’s Ex Post Facto Clause, holding that it applies only to criminal, not civil, laws.
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B.
Strader v. Graham
Strader v. Graham was an 1851 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the reach of free-state laws over enslaved people who had traveled into free territory, foreshadowing the reasoning later used in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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C.
Shaw v. Hunt
Shaw v. Hunt is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the Court’s racial gerrymandering jurisprudence by applying and extending the principles first articulated in Shaw v. Reno.
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D.
Downes v. Bidwell
Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
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E.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
- 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: Sturges v. Crowninshield Target entity description: Sturges v. Crowninshield was an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited state power over bankruptcy laws by holding that state insolvency statutes could not retroactively discharge debts.
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A.
Calder v. Bull
Calder v. Bull is an 1798 U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the limited scope of the Constitution’s Ex Post Facto Clause, holding that it applies only to criminal, not civil, laws.
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B.
Strader v. Graham
Strader v. Graham was an 1851 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the reach of free-state laws over enslaved people who had traveled into free territory, foreshadowing the reasoning later used in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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C.
Shaw v. Hunt
Shaw v. Hunt is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the Court’s racial gerrymandering jurisprudence by applying and extending the principles first articulated in Shaw v. Reno.
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D.
Downes v. Bidwell
Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
-
E.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
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