Alfonso Lopez, Jr.
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Alfonso Lopez, Jr. is the high school student whose challenge to a federal gun-possession law led to the landmark 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Lopez, which limited Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfonso Lopez Jr. | 1 |
| Alfonso Lopez, Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T446396 — 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: Alfonso Lopez, Jr. Context triple: [United States v. Lopez, respondent, Alfonso Lopez, Jr.]
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A.
Alfonso Salmerón
Alfonso Salmerón was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
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B.
Francisco González Bocanegra
Francisco González Bocanegra was a 19th-century Mexican poet best known for writing the lyrics of Mexico’s national anthem.
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C.
Raúl Cárdenas
Raúl Cárdenas was a prominent Mexican football manager best known for leading Club América to multiple league titles during the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Francisco Javier Venegas
Francisco Javier Venegas was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as viceroy of New Spain and led royalist forces against insurgents during the early stages of the Mexican War of Independence.
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E.
Cruz Bustamante
Cruz Bustamante is an American Democratic politician who served as California’s first Latino lieutenant governor in over a century.
- 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: Alfonso Lopez, Jr. Target entity description: Alfonso Lopez, Jr. is the high school student whose challenge to a federal gun-possession law led to the landmark 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Lopez, which limited Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause.
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A.
Alfonso Salmerón
Alfonso Salmerón was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
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B.
Francisco González Bocanegra
Francisco González Bocanegra was a 19th-century Mexican poet best known for writing the lyrics of Mexico’s national anthem.
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C.
Raúl Cárdenas
Raúl Cárdenas was a prominent Mexican football manager best known for leading Club América to multiple league titles during the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Francisco Javier Venegas
Francisco Javier Venegas was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as viceroy of New Spain and led royalist forces against insurgents during the early stages of the Mexican War of Independence.
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E.
Cruz Bustamante
Cruz Bustamante is an American Democratic politician who served as California’s first Latino lieutenant governor in over a century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high school student
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person ⓘ |
| allegedConduct | brought a concealed handgun to his high school ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ federalism ⓘ |
| associatedCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedJurisdiction |
federal judiciary of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
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| associatedWith |
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)
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surface form:
Gun-Free School Zones Act litigation
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| caseCitation |
United States v. Lopez
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surface form:
United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
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| caseDecisionYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| caseEscalatedTo |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeForLaw | Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 held unconstitutional as exceeding Commerce Clause power ⓘ |
| caseType |
constitutional challenge to federal statute
ⓘ
federal criminal prosecution ⓘ |
| challenged |
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)
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surface form:
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990
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| chargedUnder |
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)
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surface form:
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990
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| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
Commerce Clause ⓘ
surface form:
Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educationContext | attended a public high school in Texas ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | central figure in first case in decades to limit Congress’s Commerce Clause authority ⓘ |
| influenced |
cases limiting federal criminal jurisdiction based on Commerce Clause
ⓘ
subsequent Commerce Clause jurisprudence ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineImpacted |
congressional power to regulate non-economic activity
ⓘ
substantial effects test under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| legalIssueRaised |
limits on congressional power under the Commerce Clause
ⓘ
scope of the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfterSupremeCourt | Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase | conviction initially obtained in federal district court ⓘ |
| legalStatusOnAppeal | conviction reversed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ⓘ |
| levelOfCourtFirstHeard | federal district court ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
constitutional law casebooks
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federal courts and jurisdiction casebooks ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the respondent in United States v. Lopez ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| partyTo | United States v. Lopez ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
San Antonio
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surface form:
San Antonio, Texas
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| roleInCase | respondent ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNotability | early 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alfonso Lopez, Jr. Description of subject: Alfonso Lopez, Jr. is the high school student whose challenge to a federal gun-possession law led to the landmark 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Lopez, which limited Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alfonso Lopez Jr.