Mapp v. Ohio
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Mapp v. Ohio is a landmark 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to the states, holding that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T126052 — 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: Mapp v. Ohio Context triple: [Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, keyCase, Mapp v. Ohio]
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Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona is a landmark 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the requirement for police to inform criminal suspects of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present during custodial interrogations.
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Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the right to court-appointed counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
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Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
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Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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E.
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.
- 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: Mapp v. Ohio Target entity description: Mapp v. Ohio is a landmark 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to the states, holding that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions.
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A.
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona is a landmark 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the requirement for police to inform criminal suspects of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present during custodial interrogations.
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B.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the right to court-appointed counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
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C.
Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
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D.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourth Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1961-03-29 ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtDecision | Earl Warren ⓘ |
| citation | 367 U.S. 643 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Hugo L. Black
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William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Fourteenth Amendment
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1961-06-19 ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority decision ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Byron R. White
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Charles E. Whittaker ⓘ Felix Frankfurter ⓘ John M. Harlan II ⓘ |
| effect |
incorporated the exclusionary rule against the states
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made illegally obtained evidence inadmissible in state courts ⓘ |
| fullName | Mapp v. Ohio self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in state criminal prosecutions
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The exclusionary rule applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Earl Warren
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Hugo L. Black ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalDoctrine | exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Tom C. Clark ⓘ |
| overruledPrecedent | Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ |
| overruledPrecedentInPart |
Wolf v. Colorado
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surface form:
Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
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| page | 643 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Dollree Mapp ⓘ |
| priorHistory |
Mapp v. Ohio
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
State v. Mapp, 170 N.E.2d 387 (Ohio 1960)
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| relatedAreaOfLaw |
United States constitutional law
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criminal law ⓘ evidence law ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Weeks v. United States
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Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent |
Ohio
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surface form:
State of Ohio
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| stateParty | Ohio ⓘ |
| topic |
criminal procedure
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incorporation doctrine ⓘ search and seizure ⓘ |
| volume | 367 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1961 ⓘ |
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Subject: Mapp v. Ohio Description of subject: Mapp v. Ohio is a landmark 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to the states, holding that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form:
State v. Mapp, 170 N.E.2d 387 (Ohio 1960)
this entity surface form:
Mapp v. Ohio decision
this entity surface form:
majority opinion in Mapp v. Ohio
this entity surface form:
Mapp v. Ohio (to the extent Weeks limited the exclusionary rule to federal cases)
subject surface form:
Weeks v. United States