Goldberg v. Kelly
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Goldberg v. Kelly is a landmark 1970 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held welfare recipients are entitled to an evidentiary hearing before their benefits are terminated, significantly expanding procedural due process protections.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434624 — 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: Goldberg v. Kelly Context triple: [Due Process Clause, interpretedInCase, Goldberg v. Kelly]
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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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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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C.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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D.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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E.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
- 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: Goldberg v. Kelly Target entity description: Goldberg v. Kelly is a landmark 1970 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held welfare recipients are entitled to an evidentiary hearing before their benefits are terminated, significantly expanding procedural due process protections.
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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.
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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C.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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D.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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E.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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due process case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
administrative law
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constitutional law ⓘ social welfare law ⓘ |
| citation | 397 U.S. 254 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Fourteenth Amendment
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| constitutionalRight | right to due process of law ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1970-03-23 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Goldberg v. Kelly
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
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| holding |
Due process requires a pre-termination hearing when welfare benefits are discontinued
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Public assistance benefits are a form of statutory entitlement protected by due process ⓘ Welfare recipients are entitled to an evidentiary hearing before termination of benefits ⓘ |
| impact |
established precedent for due process in entitlement programs
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expanded procedural due process protections for government benefit recipients ⓘ influenced administrative hearing procedures nationwide ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalIssue |
procedural due process
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termination of welfare benefits ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| opinionType | majority opinion ⓘ |
| originatingJurisdiction | New York ⓘ |
| page | 254 ⓘ |
| party |
Jack R. Goldberg
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John Kelly ⓘ |
| petitioner | Jack R. Goldberg ⓘ |
| principle |
Due process requires an opportunity to be heard at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner
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Due process requires timely and adequate notice before termination of welfare benefits ⓘ Government benefits that are statutory entitlements cannot be terminated without due process ⓘ |
| recognizedInterest | property interest in continued receipt of welfare benefits ⓘ |
| rejectedRequirement | full judicial trial before termination of benefits ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Mathews v. Eldridge ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
entitlement theory of benefits
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notice and hearing requirements ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| requiredProcedure |
impartial decision maker
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pre-termination evidentiary hearing ⓘ right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses ⓘ right to present evidence and arguments ⓘ written statement of reasons for the decision ⓘ |
| respondent | John Kelly ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
public assistance
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welfare benefits ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Warren Court era ⓘ |
| volume | 397 ⓘ |
| vote | 5–3 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Goldberg v. Kelly Description of subject: Goldberg v. Kelly is a landmark 1970 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held welfare recipients are entitled to an evidentiary hearing before their benefits are terminated, significantly expanding procedural due process protections.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Goldberg v. Kelly (distinguished)
this entity surface form:
Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
this entity surface form:
Goldberg v. Kelly (1970) U.S. Supreme Court decision
this entity surface form:
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Goldberg v. Kelly (1970)