Black v. United States
E1451037
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Black v. United States is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of the federal “honest services” fraud statute, particularly limiting its application to schemes involving bribery or kickbacks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black v. United States canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20803178 — 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: Black v. United States Context triple: [United States v. Skilling, joinedWith, Black v. United States]
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A.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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B.
Katz v. United States
Katz v. United States is a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that redefined Fourth Amendment protections by establishing that the amendment safeguards people’s reasonable expectations of privacy, not just physical places.
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C.
Light v. United States
Light v. United States is a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld broad federal authority to regulate and control the use of public lands, including grazing, under the Property Clause of the Constitution.
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D.
Bond v. United States
Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.
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E.
Durousseau v. United States
Durousseau v. United States is an 1810 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the scope of federal judicial power by interpreting Congress’s authority to make exceptions and regulations to the Court’s appellate jurisdiction.
- 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: Black v. United States Target entity description: Black v. United States is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of the federal “honest services” fraud statute, particularly limiting its application to schemes involving bribery or kickbacks.
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A.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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B.
Katz v. United States
Katz v. United States is a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that redefined Fourth Amendment protections by establishing that the amendment safeguards people’s reasonable expectations of privacy, not just physical places.
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C.
Light v. United States
Light v. United States is a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld broad federal authority to regulate and control the use of public lands, including grazing, under the Property Clause of the Constitution.
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D.
Bond v. United States
Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.
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E.
Durousseau v. United States
Durousseau v. United States is an 1810 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the scope of federal judicial power by interpreting Congress’s authority to make exceptions and regulations to the Court’s appellate jurisdiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.