Birchfield v. North Dakota
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Birchfield v. North Dakota is a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held warrantless breath tests are permissible as searches incident to arrest for drunk driving, but warrantless blood tests generally are not.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Birchfield v. North Dakota canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16115438 — 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: Birchfield v. North Dakota Context triple: [Missouri v. McNeely, subsequentCitation, Birchfield v. North Dakota]
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A.
South Dakota v. Dole
South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
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B.
Minnesota v. Dickerson
Minnesota v. Dickerson is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the scope of stop-and-frisk searches by recognizing the "plain feel" doctrine while limiting officers’ ability to manipulate objects during a pat-down.
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C.
Keech v Sandford
Keech v Sandford is an 18th-century English trust law case establishing the strict fiduciary duty of loyalty, holding that trustees cannot personally profit from opportunities arising from their position.
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D.
Bucklew v. Precythe
Bucklew v. Precythe is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Missouri’s method of execution against an Eighth Amendment challenge, clarifying the standards for inmates claiming that a particular execution protocol would cause them severe pain.
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E.
Virginia v. Black
Virginia v. Black is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a ban on cross burning carried out with intent to intimidate while clarifying the limits of First Amendment protection for hate speech and symbolic expression.
- 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: Birchfield v. North Dakota Target entity description: Birchfield v. North Dakota is a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held warrantless breath tests are permissible as searches incident to arrest for drunk driving, but warrantless blood tests generally are not.
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A.
South Dakota v. Dole
South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
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B.
Minnesota v. Dickerson
Minnesota v. Dickerson is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the scope of stop-and-frisk searches by recognizing the "plain feel" doctrine while limiting officers’ ability to manipulate objects during a pat-down.
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C.
Keech v Sandford
Keech v Sandford is an 18th-century English trust law case establishing the strict fiduciary duty of loyalty, holding that trustees cannot personally profit from opportunities arising from their position.
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D.
Bucklew v. Precythe
Bucklew v. Precythe is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Missouri’s method of execution against an Eighth Amendment challenge, clarifying the standards for inmates claiming that a particular execution protocol would cause them severe pain.
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E.
Virginia v. Black
Virginia v. Black is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a ban on cross burning carried out with intent to intimidate while clarifying the limits of First Amendment protection for hate speech and symbolic expression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.