Ocampo v. United States
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Ocampo v. United States is a 1914 U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied and developed the Insular Cases framework governing constitutional rights in unincorporated American territories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ocampo v. United States canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4158632 — 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: Ocampo v. United States Context triple: [Insular Cases doctrine, hasPart, Ocampo v. United States]
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A.
Camfield v. United States
Camfield v. United States is an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority under the Property Clause to regulate the use of privately owned lands when necessary to protect adjacent public lands.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Carpenter v. United States
Carpenter v. United States is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government generally must obtain a warrant to access historical cell phone location records under the Fourth Amendment.
- 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: Ocampo v. United States Target entity description: Ocampo v. United States is a 1914 U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied and developed the Insular Cases framework governing constitutional rights in unincorporated American territories.
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A.
Camfield v. United States
Camfield v. United States is an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority under the Property Clause to regulate the use of privately owned lands when necessary to protect adjacent public lands.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Carpenter v. United States
Carpenter v. United States is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government generally must obtain a warrant to access historical cell phone location records under the Fourth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
federal criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| appliedDoctrine |
insular cases doctrine
ⓘ
surface form:
Insular Cases framework
territorial incorporation doctrine ⓘ |
| citation | 234 U.S. 91 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Article IV Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1914 ⓘ |
| developedDoctrine | limits on extension of specific Bill of Rights guarantees to unincorporated territories ⓘ |
| held |
Congress may provide for criminal prosecutions in the Philippine Islands by information instead of grand jury indictment
ⓘ
the Fifth Amendment grand jury indictment requirement does not apply ex proprio vigore in the unincorporated territory of the Philippine Islands ⓘ Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ
surface form:
the Philippine Bill of 1902 did not require grand jury indictments for criminal prosecutions in the Philippines
the constitutional guarantees applicable in unincorporated territories are limited to fundamental personal rights ⓘ |
| impact |
cited as precedent in later territorial rights cases
ⓘ
reinforced limited application of the U.S. Constitution in unincorporated territories ⓘ |
| issue | whether the federal grand jury requirement applies in the Philippine Islands ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Philippine Islands
ONNED1
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| languageOfDecision | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Insular Cases
ⓘ
surface form:
Insular Cases doctrine
constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ grand jury ⓘ |
| partOf | Insular Cases ONNED1 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Balzac v. Porto Rico
ⓘ
Dorr v. United States ⓘ Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ |
| result | conviction in the Philippine courts was upheld ⓘ |
| territoryInvolved | Philippine Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryStatus | unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ocampo v. United States Description of subject: Ocampo v. United States is a 1914 U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied and developed the Insular Cases framework governing constitutional rights in unincorporated American territories.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Insular Cases doctrine