William Frazee
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William Frazee was the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, which addressed religious freedom in the context of unemployment benefits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Frazee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3201378 — 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: William Frazee Context triple: [Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, petitioner, William Frazee]
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A.
Thomas L. Kane
Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
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B.
Thomas Reed
Thomas Reed was a 19th-century architect best known for designing Colombia’s National Capitol building in Bogotá.
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C.
William Platt
William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
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D.
Francis Newton Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford was a prominent American football player and Hall of Famer who became widely known as a longtime sportscaster on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
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E.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
- 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: William Frazee Target entity description: William Frazee was the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, which addressed religious freedom in the context of unemployment benefits.
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A.
Thomas L. Kane
Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
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B.
Thomas Reed
Thomas Reed was a 19th-century architect best known for designing Colombia’s National Capitol building in Bogotá.
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C.
William Platt
William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
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D.
Francis Newton Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford was a prominent American football player and Hall of Famer who became widely known as a longtime sportscaster on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
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E.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
petitioner ⓘ |
| assertedSincerityOfBelief | yes ⓘ |
| associatedWithTopic |
First Amendment jurisprudence
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religious freedom ⓘ unemployment compensation law ⓘ |
| benefitsDeniedBy | Illinois Department of Employment Security ⓘ |
| caseCitation | Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, 489 U.S. 829 (1989) ⓘ |
| caseHeBroughtWasDecidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeForPetitioner | prevailing party in the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvoked |
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Free Exercise Clause
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| countryOfLegalProceeding |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| effectOfDecisionOnHim | denial of unemployment benefits held unconstitutional ⓘ |
| employmentContext | declined temporary retail position requiring Sunday work ⓘ |
| legalClaim | denial of unemployment benefits violated Free Exercise Clause ⓘ |
| legalIssueInCase | whether state may deny unemployment benefits based on refusal of work for sincere religious reasons without church requirement ⓘ |
| legalSignificanceOfCase |
clarified that Free Exercise protection does not depend on membership in an organized religion
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held that sincere individual religious beliefs can support Free Exercise claims in unemployment context ⓘ |
| partyIn | Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security ⓘ |
| refusedEmploymentBecause | offered job required Sunday work ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliationDescription | held sincere Christian beliefs though not a member of an organized religious denomination ⓘ |
| religiousBelief | observance of Sunday as the Sabbath ⓘ |
| roleInCase | petitioner in Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security ⓘ |
| sought | unemployment benefits ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Illinois ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Frazee Description of subject: William Frazee was the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, which addressed religious freedom in the context of unemployment benefits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.