William O. Douglas
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William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William O. Douglas canonical | 80 |
| Justice William O. Douglas | 20 |
| William Orville Douglas | 2 |
| William Douglas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60912 — 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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William O. Douglas Context triple: [Roe v. Wade, hasConcurringJustice, William O. Douglas]
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Byron R. White
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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B.
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.
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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.
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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.
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E.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.
- 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: William O. Douglas Target entity description: William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
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A.
Byron R. White
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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B.
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.
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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.
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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.
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E.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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author ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| areaOfLaw |
civil liberties
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constitutional law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-10-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-01-19 ⓘ |
| education |
Columbia Law School
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Whitman College ⓘ |
| employer |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Yale Law School ⓘ |
| endTime |
1939
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1975-11-12 ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas ⓘ |
| fullName |
William O. Douglas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
William Orville Douglas
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| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor |
frequent dissenting opinions
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strong defense of First Amendment freedoms ⓘ support for environmental protection and wilderness preservation ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expansive interpretation of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution
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longest-serving Justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ strong civil libertarian views ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Go East, Young Man
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Of Men and Mountains ⓘ majority opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ opinions expanding the right to privacy ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Maine
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surface form:
Maine, Minnesota, United States
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| placeOfBurial | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
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surface form:
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
Yakima ⓘ
surface form:
Yakima, Washington, United States
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| spouse |
Cathy Douglas
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Joan Martin ⓘ Mercedes Hester Davidson ⓘ Mildred Riddle ⓘ |
| startTime |
1937
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1939-04-17 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: William O. Douglas Description of subject: William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
Referenced by (103)
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this entity surface form:
Justice William O. Douglas
this entity surface form:
William Orville Douglas
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William O. Douglas
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William Orville Douglas
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Justice William O. Douglas
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Justice William O. Douglas
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Justice William O. Douglas
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Justice William O. Douglas
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Justice William O. Douglas
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Justice William O. Douglas
this entity surface form:
Justice William O. Douglas