Reese v. United States
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Reese v. United States is an 1876 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment during the Reconstruction era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reese v. United States canonical | 1 |
| United States v. Reese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3133469 — 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: Reese v. United States Context triple: [Morrison R. Waite, presidedOver, Reese v. United States]
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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.
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Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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C.
Dennis v. United States
Dennis v. United States is a landmark 1951 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the convictions of Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act, significantly shaping First Amendment jurisprudence on speech advocating the overthrow of the government.
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D.
Rainey v. United States
Rainey v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the scope of Congress’s power to impose taxes under the Constitution’s Origination Clause.
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Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in 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: Reese v. United States Target entity description: Reese v. United States is an 1876 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment during the Reconstruction era.
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A.
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.
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B.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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C.
Dennis v. United States
Dennis v. United States is a landmark 1951 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the convictions of Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act, significantly shaping First Amendment jurisprudence on speech advocating the overthrow of the government.
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D.
Rainey v. United States
Rainey v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the scope of Congress’s power to impose taxes under the Constitution’s Origination Clause.
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E.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reconstruction-era case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ |
| citationStatus | leading case on early interpretation of the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| consequence | encouraged states to adopt devices that disenfranchised African American voters while avoiding explicit racial language ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1876 ⓘ |
| effect |
limited the reach of Reconstruction-era voting rights legislation
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narrowed federal power to protect African American voting rights ⓘ weakened federal enforcement mechanisms against racial discrimination in voting ⓘ |
| era | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the erosion of Reconstruction civil rights protections
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marked an early retreat from robust federal protection of Black suffrage after the Civil War ⓘ |
| holding |
certain sections of the federal Enforcement Act exceeded Congress’s power under the Fifteenth Amendment
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the Fifteenth Amendment does not confer the right of suffrage but prohibits denial of the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
constitutionality of federal criminal enforcement provisions protecting voting rights
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scope of federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights ⓘ |
| party |
Reese
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| relatedAmendment |
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Fifteenth Amendment
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| relatedLegislation | Enforcement Acts ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-Civil War United States ⓘ |
| topic |
African American suffrage
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federal-state balance in election regulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reese v. United States Description of subject: Reese v. United States is an 1876 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment during the Reconstruction era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morrison R. Waite
this entity surface form:
United States v. Reese