Abrams v. United States
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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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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T439837 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abrams v. United States Context triple: [Espionage Act of 1917, usedInCase, Abrams v. United States]
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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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Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
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Dickerson v. United States
Dickerson v. United States is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that reaffirmed the constitutional basis of Miranda warnings and held that Congress could not overrule Miranda v. Arizona by statute.
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Bond v. United States
Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.
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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.
- 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: Abrams v. United States Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
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C.
Dickerson v. United States
Dickerson v. United States is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that reaffirmed the constitutional basis of Miranda warnings and held that Congress could not overrule Miranda v. Arizona by statute.
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D.
Bond v. United States
Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Amendment case
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U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ free speech case ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases of the White Court
ⓘ
United States free speech case law ⓘ |
| citation |
250 U.S. 616
ⓘ
40 S. Ct. 17 ⓘ 63 L. Ed. 1173 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
First Amendment
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decisionDate | 1919-11-10 ⓘ |
| defendants |
Hyman Lachowsky
ⓘ
Jacob Abrams ⓘ Jacob Schwartz ⓘ Mollie Steimer ⓘ Samuel Lipman ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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surface form:
Louis D. Brandeis
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ⓘ |
| era | World War I free speech cases ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Justice Holmes’s dissenting opinion
ⓘ
articulation of the marketplace of ideas concept ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abrams v. United States
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States
|
| historicalContext | United States participation in World War I ⓘ |
| holding |
held that the leaflets posed a sufficient danger to be punished under the Espionage Act as amended
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upheld convictions of defendants for distributing leaflets criticizing U.S. involvement in World War I ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | marketplace of ideas in free speech jurisprudence ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Espionage Act of 1917
ⓘ
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form:
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Sedition Act of 1918 ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | John Hessin Clarke ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Debs v. United States
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Frohwerk v. United States ⓘ Gitlow v. New York ⓘ Schenck v. United States ⓘ |
| result | convictions affirmed ⓘ |
| speechContent |
call for a general strike in munitions production
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criticism of U.S. intervention in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution ⓘ |
| speechTypeAtIssue | leaflets in English and Yiddish ⓘ |
| standardAppliedByMajority | bad tendency test ⓘ |
| standardDiscussedInDissent | clear and present danger test ⓘ |
| statuteApplied |
Espionage Act of 1917
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Sedition Act of 1918 ⓘ |
| subsequentInfluence |
cited in later Supreme Court opinions on the First Amendment
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influenced later free speech jurisprudence ⓘ |
| topic |
World War I dissent
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antiwar activism ⓘ political speech ⓘ |
| vote | 7–2 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1919 ⓘ |
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Subject: Abrams v. United States Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abrams v. United States dissent
this entity surface form:
Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States
this entity surface form:
Holmes dissent in Abrams v. United States
this entity surface form:
Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
this entity surface form:
Abrams v. United States later cited as a key step toward modern free speech protections
this entity surface form:
Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)