Weeks
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Weeks is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the exclusionary rule, barring evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures from being used in federal prosecutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Weeks canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3966379 — 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: Weeks Context triple: [Weeks v. United States, shortName, Weeks]
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A.
Weeks
Weeks is the English name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
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B.
Weekend
Weekend is a 1967 French black comedy and satirical road movie by Jean-Luc Godard, renowned for its anarchic style, long tracking shots, and scathing critique of consumerism and bourgeois society.
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C.
The Week Of
The Week Of is a 2018 American comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock that follows the chaotic week leading up to their characters’ children’s wedding.
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D.
Nine Months
"Nine Months" is a 1995 romantic comedy film starring Hugh Grant as a child-averse psychologist whose life is upended when his girlfriend becomes pregnant.
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E.
Seventeen Days
Seventeen Days is the third studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, known for its post-grunge sound and radio-friendly rock tracks.
- 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: Weeks Target entity description: Weeks is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the exclusionary rule, barring evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures from being used in federal prosecutions.
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A.
Weeks
Weeks is the English name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
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B.
Weekend
Weekend is a 1967 French black comedy and satirical road movie by Jean-Luc Godard, renowned for its anarchic style, long tracking shots, and scathing critique of consumerism and bourgeois society.
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C.
The Week Of
The Week Of is a 2018 American comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock that follows the chaotic week leading up to their characters’ children’s wedding.
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D.
Nine Months
"Nine Months" is a 1995 romantic comedy film starring Hugh Grant as a child-averse psychologist whose life is upended when his girlfriend becomes pregnant.
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E.
Seventeen Days
Seventeen Days is the third studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, known for its post-grunge sound and radio-friendly rock tracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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landmark case ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Weeks ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal prosecutions ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional criminal procedure
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evidence law ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases of the White Court
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United States Supreme Court cases on the Fourth Amendment ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtTime | Edward Douglass White ⓘ |
| citation | 232 U.S. 383 ⓘ |
| citationStyle |
Weeks v. United States
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surface form:
Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914)
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| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| courtTerm | 1913 term of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| decidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1914-02-24 ⓘ |
| established | federal exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| governmentActionChallenged | warrantless search and seizure of private papers ⓘ |
| hasShortName | Weeks self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| holding | Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ |
| impact | strengthened Fourth Amendment protections in federal courts ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the exclusionary rule in U.S. constitutional law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| keyPrinciple | courts must not sanction violations of the Constitution by admitting illegally obtained evidence ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | judicially created remedy for constitutional violations ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Fourth Amendment
admissibility of evidence ⓘ unreasonable searches and seizures ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Justice William R. Day ⓘ |
| opinionType | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| overruledPriorPractice | admission of illegally seized evidence in federal courts ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 383 ⓘ |
| partyTypePetitioner | criminal defendant ⓘ |
| partyTypeRespondent | federal government ⓘ |
| petitioner | Fremont Weeks ⓘ |
| precedentFor | Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | binding precedent in federal courts ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine ⓘ |
| respondent |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| resultedIn | suppression of evidence seized from Weeks’s home without a warrant ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
criminal procedure
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search and seizure law ⓘ |
| subsequentDevelopment | exclusionary rule later applied to the states in Mapp v. Ohio (1961) ⓘ |
| typeOfRemedy | exclusion of unconstitutionally obtained evidence ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 232 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1914 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Weeks v. United States
subject surface form:
Weeks v. United States