David H. Kurtzman
E231904
Establishment Clause case
United States Supreme Court case
constitutional law case
education administrator
legal test
person
public official
David H. Kurtzman was a Pennsylvania state education official best known as the named defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lemon v. Kurtzman, which established the modern test for violations of the Establishment Clause.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David H. Kurtzman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584811 — 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: David H. Kurtzman Context triple: [Lemon v. Kurtzman, defendant, David H. Kurtzman]
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A.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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B.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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C.
David Zuckerman
David Zuckerman is an American television producer and writer best known for his work on animated comedy series, including helping develop and produce the hit show Family Guy.
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D.
Sanford Rothenberg
Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
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E.
Thomas Blatt
Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
- 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: David H. Kurtzman Target entity description: David H. Kurtzman was a Pennsylvania state education official best known as the named defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lemon v. Kurtzman, which established the modern test for violations of the Establishment Clause.
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A.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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B.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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C.
David Zuckerman
David Zuckerman is an American television producer and writer best known for his work on animated comedy series, including helping develop and produce the hit show Family Guy.
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D.
Sanford Rothenberg
Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
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E.
Thomas Blatt
Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Establishment Clause case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ education administrator ⓘ legal test ⓘ person ⓘ public official ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Establishment Clause
ⓘ
First Amendment church–state issues ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| employer |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
|
| fieldOfWork |
education administration
ⓘ
public education policy ⓘ |
| hasCriterion |
no excessive government entanglement with religion
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primary effect must neither advance nor inhibit religion ⓘ secular legislative purpose ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | David H. Kurtzman self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasPlaintiff |
Alton J. Lemon
ⓘ
surface form:
Alton Lemon
|
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the named defendant in Lemon v. Kurtzman
ⓘ
involvement in Establishment Clause litigation ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Establishment Clause
ⓘ
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form:
First Amendment
|
| notableEvent | Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in shaping U.S. church–state jurisprudence through Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ |
| notableWork | defendant in Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction
ⓘ
Pennsylvania state education official ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Lemon test ⓘ |
| workLocation | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David H. Kurtzman Description of subject: David H. Kurtzman was a Pennsylvania state education official best known as the named defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lemon v. Kurtzman, which established the modern test for violations of the Establishment Clause.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lemon v. Kurtzman