Patterson v. Alabama
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Patterson v. Alabama is a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court case arising from the Scottsboro Boys prosecutions that addressed racial discrimination and due process violations in the criminal justice system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patterson v. Alabama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19777642 — 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: Patterson v. Alabama Context triple: [Norris v. Alabama, relatedCase, Patterson v. Alabama]
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Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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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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Bailey v. Alabama
Bailey v. Alabama is a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state law effectively criminalizing breach of labor contracts, holding that it violated the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition of involuntary servitude.
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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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E.
Marsh v. Alabama
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.
- 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: Patterson v. Alabama Target entity description: Patterson v. Alabama is a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court case arising from the Scottsboro Boys prosecutions that addressed racial discrimination and due process violations in the criminal justice system.
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A.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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B.
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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C.
Bailey v. Alabama
Bailey v. Alabama is a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state law effectively criminalizing breach of labor contracts, holding that it violated the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition of involuntary servitude.
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D.
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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E.
Marsh v. Alabama
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
U.S. Supreme Court case Norris v. Alabama