Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009)
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Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that reshaped the qualified immunity doctrine by allowing courts discretion in the order of addressing constitutional and immunity questions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16599938 — 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: Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009) Context triple: [Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982), citationInLaterCases, Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009)]
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A.
Eldred v. Ashcroft
Eldred v. Ashcroft is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of extending copyright terms, affirming Congress’s broad power over copyright duration.
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B.
McCullen v. Coakley
McCullen v. Coakley is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Massachusetts’ abortion-clinic buffer zone law as violating the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
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C.
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case that examined the constitutionality of Texas’s congressional redistricting plan, particularly its implications for Latino voting rights and partisan gerrymandering.
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D.
Garcetti v. Ceballos
Garcetti v. Ceballos is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for speech made pursuant to their official job duties.
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E.
Perry v. Schwarzenegger
Perry v. Schwarzenegger was the landmark federal district court case that first struck down California’s Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution.
- 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: Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009) Target entity description: Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that reshaped the qualified immunity doctrine by allowing courts discretion in the order of addressing constitutional and immunity questions.
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A.
Eldred v. Ashcroft
Eldred v. Ashcroft is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of extending copyright terms, affirming Congress’s broad power over copyright duration.
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B.
McCullen v. Coakley
McCullen v. Coakley is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Massachusetts’ abortion-clinic buffer zone law as violating the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
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C.
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case that examined the constitutionality of Texas’s congressional redistricting plan, particularly its implications for Latino voting rights and partisan gerrymandering.
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D.
Garcetti v. Ceballos
Garcetti v. Ceballos is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for speech made pursuant to their official job duties.
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E.
Perry v. Schwarzenegger
Perry v. Schwarzenegger was the landmark federal district court case that first struck down California’s Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
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citationInLaterCases
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Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009)
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