Judge Thurman Arnold
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Judge Thurman Arnold was a prominent American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal-era antitrust enforcer who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and led the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
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| Judge Thurman Arnold canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5811766 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Judge Thurman Arnold Context triple: [Thurman Arnold, hasHonorificTitle, Judge Thurman Arnold]
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James M. Landis
James M. Landis was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal administrator who helped shape U.S. securities regulation and public administration in the mid-20th century.
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Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was an American lawyer and government official who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson and played a key role in enforcing civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
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Justice Stanley Reed
Justice Stanley Reed was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1938–1957) known for his generally moderate to conservative jurisprudence during the New Deal and early Cold War eras.
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Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas is the city-slicker lawyer-turned-farmer protagonist of the classic American sitcom "Green Acres."
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Attorney General Richard Olney
Attorney General Richard Olney was a powerful late 19th-century U.S. lawyer and statesman known for using federal injunctions and troops to break the Pullman Strike and for expanding federal authority over labor disputes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Judge Thurman Arnold Target entity description: Judge Thurman Arnold was a prominent American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal-era antitrust enforcer who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and led the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
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A.
James M. Landis
James M. Landis was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal administrator who helped shape U.S. securities regulation and public administration in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was an American lawyer and government official who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson and played a key role in enforcing civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
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C.
Justice Stanley Reed
Justice Stanley Reed was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1938–1957) known for his generally moderate to conservative jurisprudence during the New Deal and early Cold War eras.
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D.
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas is the city-slicker lawyer-turned-farmer protagonist of the classic American sitcom "Green Acres."
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E.
Attorney General Richard Olney
Attorney General Richard Olney was a powerful late 19th-century U.S. lawyer and statesman known for using federal injunctions and troops to break the Pullman Strike and for expanding federal authority over labor disputes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American lawyer
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antitrust enforcer ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| birthDate | 1891-06-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Laramie, Wyoming, United States
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linked to:
Laramie, Wyoming
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| coFounded | Arnold, Fortas & Porter ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1969-11-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
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Princeton University ⓘ University of Wyoming ⓘ |
| employer |
Arnold, Fortas & Porter
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United States Department of Justice ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ |
| familyName | Arnold ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administrative law
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antitrust law ⓘ legal realism ⓘ |
| fullName | Thurman Wesley Arnold ⓘ |
| givenName | Thurman ⓘ |
| ideology | New Deal liberalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of legal formalism
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influential writings on law and institutions ⓘ leading New Deal antitrust enforcement ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party (United States)
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linked to:
Democratic Party
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| notableColleague |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| notableStudentOrColleague | Abe Fortas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fair Fights and Foul
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The Bottlenecks of Business ⓘ The Folklore of Capitalism ⓘ The Symbols of Government ⓘ |
| occupation |
government official
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judge ⓘ law professor ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C., United States
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linked to:
Washington, D.C.
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| positionHeld |
Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice
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linked to:
United States Assistant Attorney General
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ Mayor of Laramie, Wyoming ⓘ Professor at Yale Law School ⓘ |
| practiceArea |
antitrust law
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corporate law ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Army ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Haven, Connecticut
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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