Justice Owen J. Roberts
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Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Owen J. Roberts | 21 |
| Justice Owen J. Roberts canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T85296 — 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)
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Target entity: Justice Owen J. Roberts Context triple: [Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, joinedByInMajority, Justice Owen J. Roberts]
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Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
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Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
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Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972–1987) known as a pivotal moderate whose swing votes shaped landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.
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D.
Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Justice Louis D. Brandeis was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his progressive jurisprudence, advocacy for privacy and free speech, and influential opinions on economic regulation and social justice.
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E.
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.
- 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: Justice Owen J. Roberts Target entity description: Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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A.
Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
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B.
Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
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C.
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972–1987) known as a pivotal moderate whose swing votes shaped landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.
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D.
Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Justice Louis D. Brandeis was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his progressive jurisprudence, advocacy for privacy and free speech, and influential opinions on economic regulation and social justice.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | LL.B. ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Herbert Hoover ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-05-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1955-05-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Pennsylvania
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University of Pennsylvania Law School ⓘ |
| employer | University of Pennsylvania Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) ⓘ |
| familyName | Roberts ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | constitutional law ⓘ |
| fullName | Owen Josephus Roberts ⓘ |
| givenName | Owen ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Justice ⓘ |
| knownFor |
independent voting record on the Supreme Court
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role in the so-called "switch in time that saved nine" ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Roberts Commission
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Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Josephus (middle name origin) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era
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shift from striking down to upholding New Deal legislation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor
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swing vote in New Deal–era Supreme Court decisions ⓘ vote in NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937) ⓘ vote in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937) ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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law professor ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | New Deal constitutional crisis ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfDeath | West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Republican-leaning ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| replaced | Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Justice Harold H. Burton
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surface form:
Harold Hitz Burton (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
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| residence |
Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pennsylvania, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1930 (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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