Marsh v. Alabama
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Marsh v. Alabama is a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case holding that a privately owned company town could not prohibit the distribution of religious literature on its sidewalks because they functioned like public streets under the First Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marsh v. Alabama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17480146 — 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: Marsh v. Alabama Context triple: [Hudgens v. NLRB, distinguishes, Marsh v. Alabama]
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A.
Swain v. Alabama
Swain v. Alabama was a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court decision that set a high evidentiary bar for proving racial discrimination in jury selection, later overturned by Batson v. Kentucky.
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B.
Stone v. Mississippi
Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
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C.
Hamilton v. Alabama
Hamilton v. Alabama is a 1961 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held an indigent defendant in a capital case has a constitutional right to counsel at arraignment, treating that stage as a critical point in the criminal process.
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D.
Brown v. Mississippi
Brown v. Mississippi is a landmark 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that held convictions based solely on confessions extracted by police torture violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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E.
Jackson v. Georgia
Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
- 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: Marsh v. Alabama Target entity description: Marsh v. Alabama is a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case holding that a privately owned company town could not prohibit the distribution of religious literature on its sidewalks because they functioned like public streets under the First Amendment.
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A.
Swain v. Alabama
Swain v. Alabama was a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court decision that set a high evidentiary bar for proving racial discrimination in jury selection, later overturned by Batson v. Kentucky.
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B.
Stone v. Mississippi
Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
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C.
Hamilton v. Alabama
Hamilton v. Alabama is a 1961 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held an indigent defendant in a capital case has a constitutional right to counsel at arraignment, treating that stage as a critical point in the criminal process.
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D.
Brown v. Mississippi
Brown v. Mississippi is a landmark 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that held convictions based solely on confessions extracted by police torture violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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E.
Jackson v. Georgia
Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.