Holt v. Hobbs
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Holt v. Hobbs is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that a prison policy preventing a Muslim inmate from growing a short beard violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
All labels observed (1)
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| Holt v. Hobbs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22715250 — 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: Holt v. Hobbs Context triple: [Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, notableCase, Holt v. Hobbs]
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Hurd v. Hodge
Hurd v. Hodge is a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially restrictive covenants in property deeds could not be judicially enforced in the District of Columbia because such enforcement would violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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B.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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C.
Osborn v. Haley
Osborn v. Haley is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of federal employee immunity and the substitution of the United States as defendant under the Westfall Act in tort suits against federal workers.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Hoke v. United States
Hoke v. United States is a 1913 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal government’s power under the Commerce Clause to regulate and criminalize the interstate transportation of women for prostitution under the Mann Act.
- 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: Holt v. Hobbs Target entity description: Holt v. Hobbs is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that a prison policy preventing a Muslim inmate from growing a short beard violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
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A.
Hurd v. Hodge
Hurd v. Hodge is a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially restrictive covenants in property deeds could not be judicially enforced in the District of Columbia because such enforcement would violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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B.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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C.
Osborn v. Haley
Osborn v. Haley is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of federal employee immunity and the substitution of the United States as defendant under the Westfall Act in tort suits against federal workers.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Hoke v. United States
Hoke v. United States is a 1913 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal government’s power under the Commerce Clause to regulate and criminalize the interstate transportation of women for prostitution under the Mann Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.