Byron R. White

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American football player Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States United States Deputy Attorney General human lawyer

Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.

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Label	Occurrences
Byron R. White canonical	82
Justice Byron R. White	22
Byron White	11
Justice Byron White	10
Byron Raymond White	3
Byron "Whizzer" White	1
No. 19 (Byron White)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60910 — 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.

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Target entity: Byron R. White
Context triple: [Roe v. Wade, hasDissentingJustice, Byron R. White]

A. Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
B. William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist was a long-serving conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and later Chief Justice, known for advocating federalism, limiting the reach of federal power, and opposing expansive interpretations of constitutional rights.
C. Martin D. Ginsburg
Martin D. Ginsburg was a prominent American tax lawyer and law professor, noted both for his influential scholarship in tax law and his supportive partnership with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
D. Blackmun
Blackmun refers to the nominative reports of U.S. Supreme Court decisions compiled by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose name is used as a citation reference in the United States Reports.
E. Warren E. Burger
Warren E. Burger was the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, known for leading the Supreme Court through a period of landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, school desegregation, and criminal justice.
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: Byron R. White
Target entity description: Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.

A. Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
B. William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist was a long-serving conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and later Chief Justice, known for advocating federalism, limiting the reach of federal power, and opposing expansive interpretations of constitutional rights.
C. Martin D. Ginsburg
Martin D. Ginsburg was a prominent American tax lawyer and law professor, noted both for his influential scholarship in tax law and his supportive partnership with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
D. Blackmun
Blackmun refers to the nominative reports of U.S. Supreme Court decisions compiled by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose name is used as a citation reference in the United States Reports.
E. Warren E. Burger
Warren E. Burger was the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, known for leading the Supreme Court through a period of landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, school desegregation, and criminal justice.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football player ⓘ Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
appointedBy	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1917-06-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2002-04-15 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ
employer	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
endTime	1962-03 ⓘ 1993-06-28 ⓘ
familyName	White ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ
givenName	Lord Byron ⓘ surface form: Byron
ideology	moderate conservatism ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
nickname	Whizzer ⓘ
notableWork	dissenting opinion in Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ surface form: dissenting opinion in Roe v. Wade majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick ⓘ majority opinion in Colorado v. Connelly ⓘ
occupation	attorney ⓘ jurist ⓘ professional American football player ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Fort Collins ⓘ surface form: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
placeOfDeath	Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
playedFor	Detroit Lions ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)
politicalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
positionPlayed	halfback ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
startTime	1961-01 ⓘ 1962-04-16 ⓘ

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Roe v. Wade → hasDissentingJustice → Byron R. White ⓘ

Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → justiceInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → concurrenceBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Furman v. Georgia → justiceInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez → dissentingOpinionBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Gideon v. Wainwright → joinedBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Sherbert v. Verner → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Doe v. Bolton → dissentingJustice → Byron R. White ⓘ

Craig v. Boren → joinedByInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan → joinedByInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron R. White

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → dissentingOpinionBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron R. White

Zschernig v. Miller → concurrenceBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron White

Planned Parenthood v. Casey → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → majorityJustices → Byron R. White ⓘ

National League of Cities v. Usery → joinedByInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → concurrenceBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Mapp v. Ohio → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

South Dakota v. Dole → joinedMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → dissentingJustices → Byron R. White ⓘ

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → joinedByInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

INS v. Chadha → joinedMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron R. White

INS v. Chadha → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron R. White

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → concurrenceInJudgmentJoinedBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Milliken v. Bradley → joinedMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron R. White

New York Times Co. v. United States → justiceInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. United States → concurringOpinionBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District → joinedByInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byron White

Lemon v. Kurtzman → joinedByInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

Lemon v. Kurtzman → concurrenceBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Neil M. Gorsuch → clerkship → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byron White

Lynch v. Donnelly → hasJoinedMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron R. White

Lee v. Weisman → joinedDissent → Byron R. White ⓘ

Escobedo v. Illinois → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Plyler v. Doe → hasDissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Gregg v. Georgia → majorityOpinionBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byron White

Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division → majorityJustices → Byron R. White ⓘ

Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security → opinionOfTheCourtBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

FCC v. Pacifica Foundation → joinedByInMajorityOrPlurality → Byron R. White ⓘ

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC → joinedBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Byron White United States Courthouse → namedAfter → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byron Raymond White

Byron White United States Courthouse → namedAfter → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byron White

Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. → dissentingJustice → Byron R. White ⓘ

Frontiero v. Richardson → joinedByInPlurality → Byron R. White ⓘ

Katzenbach v. Morgan → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Shaw v. Reno → dissentBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

Washington v. Davis → majorityOpinionBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron White

Cannon v. University of Chicago → joinedByInMajority → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron White

Grove City College v. Bell → majorityOpinionBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Byron R. White

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools → majorityOpinionBy → Byron R. White ⓘ

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