Twining v. New Jersey
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Twining v. New Jersey is a 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination did not apply to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, a position later rejected by the Court.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Albert C. Twining and David C. Cornell v. State of New Jersey | 1 |
| Twining v. New Jersey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6165809 — 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: Twining v. New Jersey Context triple: [Malloy v. Hogan, overruledPrecedent, Twining v. New Jersey]
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A.
Nebbia v. New York
Nebbia v. New York is a 1934 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld state regulation of milk prices and marked a major retreat from the Lochner-era limits on economic regulation under the Due Process Clause.
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B.
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the limits of state power to impair public contracts under the Constitution’s Contract Clause.
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C.
Murdock v. Pennsylvania
Murdock v. Pennsylvania is a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that held it unconstitutional to impose a license tax on the distribution of religious literature, reinforcing First Amendment protections for religious proselytizing.
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D.
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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E.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
- 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: Twining v. New Jersey Target entity description: Twining v. New Jersey is a 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination did not apply to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, a position later rejected by the Court.
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A.
Nebbia v. New York
Nebbia v. New York is a 1934 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld state regulation of milk prices and marked a major retreat from the Lochner-era limits on economic regulation under the Due Process Clause.
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B.
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the limits of state power to impair public contracts under the Constitution’s Contract Clause.
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C.
Murdock v. Pennsylvania
Murdock v. Pennsylvania is a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that held it unconstitutional to impose a license tax on the distribution of religious literature, reinforcing First Amendment protections for religious proselytizing.
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D.
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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E.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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criminal procedure ⓘ |
| citation | 211 U.S. 78 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1908-11-09 ⓘ |
| decisionType | 5–4 decision ⓘ |
| dissentingJustice |
Rufus W. Peckham
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William R. Day ⓘ |
| effect | allowed states to draw adverse inferences from a defendant’s failure to testify until later overruled ⓘ |
| fullCaseName |
Albert C. Twining and David C. Cornell v. State of New Jersey
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linked to:
Twining v. New Jersey
|
| holding | the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination does not apply to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterOverruledBy |
Malloy v. Hogan
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Malloy v. Hogan, 378 U.S. 1 (1964) ⓘ
linked to:
Malloy v. Hogan
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| legalIssue | whether the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
David J. Brewer
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Edward D. White ⓘ John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
linked to:
John M. Harlan II
Joseph McKenna ⓘ Melville W. Fuller ⓘ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ⓘ William Henry Moody ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William Henry Moody ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 78 ⓘ |
| partOf | incorporation case law of the United States Supreme Court ⓘ |
| petitioner |
Albert C. Twining
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David C. Cornell ⓘ |
| precedentFor | non-incorporation of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Malloy v. Hogan
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Palko v. Connecticut ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
privilege against self-incrimination
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selective incorporation ⓘ |
| respondent |
State of New Jersey
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linked to:
New Jersey, United States
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| stateInvolved |
New Jersey
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linked to:
New Jersey, United States
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| subsequentHistory | position on self-incrimination and incorporation later rejected by the Supreme Court ⓘ |
| topic | application of the Bill of Rights to the states ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 211 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1908 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Twining v. New Jersey Description of subject: Twining v. New Jersey is a 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination did not apply to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, a position later rejected by the Court.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Twining v. New Jersey
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fullCaseName
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Albert C. Twining and David C. Cornell v. State of New Jersey
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linked to: Twining v. New Jersey