Colegrove v. Green
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Colegrove v. Green is a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court decision known for holding that issues of legislative apportionment and malapportionment were nonjusticiable political questions, delaying judicial intervention in redistricting disputes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colegrove v. Green canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colegrove v. Green Context triple: [United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court, includesCase, Colegrove v. Green]
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the key burden-shifting framework for proving employment discrimination under Title VII.
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C.
Grovey v. Townsend
Grovey v. Townsend was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule, later repudiated as unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting.
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D.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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E.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
Cooley v. Board of Wardens is an 1852 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the scope of the Commerce Clause by allowing states to regulate certain local aspects of commerce, such as port pilotage, without violating federal authority.
- 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: Colegrove v. Green Target entity description: Colegrove v. Green is a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court decision known for holding that issues of legislative apportionment and malapportionment were nonjusticiable political questions, delaying judicial intervention in redistricting disputes.
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the key burden-shifting framework for proving employment discrimination under Title VII.
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C.
Grovey v. Townsend
Grovey v. Townsend was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule, later repudiated as unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting.
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D.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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E.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
Cooley v. Board of Wardens is an 1852 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the scope of the Commerce Clause by allowing states to regulate certain local aspects of commerce, such as port pilotage, without violating federal authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
election law case ⓘ federal court case ⓘ redistricting case ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
United States Supreme Court cases
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court cases on justiciability
United States Supreme Court cases on legislative apportionment ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 328 U.S. 549 ⓘ |
| hasConcurrenceFrom |
Hugo L. Black
ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Black
|
| hasConstitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Article I of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Elections Clause ⓘ Guarantee Clause ⓘ |
| hasContext | challenge to Illinois congressional districts ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | June 10, 1946 ⓘ |
| hasDissentFrom |
Frank Murphy
ⓘ
Hugo L. Black ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Black
William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
delayed judicial intervention in redistricting disputes
ⓘ
limited federal judicial review of legislative apportionment prior to the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasHolding |
claims of legislative apportionment and malapportionment present nonjusticiable political questions
ⓘ
federal courts lack authority to intervene in certain legislative apportionment disputes ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasKeyPhrase | courts ought not to enter this political thicket ⓘ |
| hasLaterTreatment |
limited by subsequent reapportionment cases
ⓘ
partially overruled by Baker v. Carr ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
justiciability
ⓘ
political question doctrine ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Illinois ⓘ |
| hasOpinionAuthor | Felix Frankfurter ⓘ |
| hasOpinionType | plurality opinion ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | relief denied to plaintiffs challenging congressional districting ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | Colegrove ⓘ |
| hasPrecedentialStatus | precedent on political question doctrine ⓘ |
| hasReporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | Green ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
legislative apportionment
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malapportionment ⓘ redistricting ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | post-New Deal era ⓘ |
| hasVoteSplit | 4-3 decision ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| isRelatedAreaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
election law ⓘ federal courts ⓘ |
| isRelatedCase |
Baker v. Carr
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Reynolds v. Sims decision ⓘ
surface form:
Reynolds v. Sims
|
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Subject: Colegrove v. Green Description of subject: Colegrove v. Green is a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court decision known for holding that issues of legislative apportionment and malapportionment were nonjusticiable political questions, delaying judicial intervention in redistricting disputes.
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