Hugo L. Black

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United States Supreme Court justice human lawyer politician

Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.

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Label	Occurrences
Hugo L. Black canonical	56
Hugo Black	13
Justice Hugo L. Black	5
Justice Hugo Black	4
Hugo Lafayette Black	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T204761 — 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: Hugo L. Black
Context triple: [Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, justiceInMajority, Hugo L. Black]

A. Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
B. Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
C. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
D. Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
E. Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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: Hugo L. Black
Target entity description: Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.

A. Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
B. Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
C. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
D. Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
E. Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court justice ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
appointedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
barAdmittedTo	Alabama State Bar ⓘ
branchOfService	United States Medical Department (Army) ⓘ surface form: Medical Corps of the United States Army
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1886-02-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1971-09-25 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Alabama ⓘ University of Alabama School of Law ⓘ
endTime	1971-09-17 ⓘ
endTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama	1937-08-19 ⓘ
familyName	Black ⓘ
givenName	Hugo ⓘ
ideology	New Deal liberal ⓘ civil libertarian ⓘ
knownFor	broad interpretation of the First Amendment ⓘ doctrine of incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states ⓘ strong advocacy of civil liberties ⓘ textualist approach to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryService	United States Army ⓘ
notableFor	absolutist view of the First Amendment’s free speech clause ⓘ support for separation of church and state ⓘ
notableWork	Betts v. Brady ⓘ surface form: opinion in Betts v. Brady (dissent) opinion in Engel v. Vitale (concurrence) ⓘ opinion in Everson v. Board of Education ⓘ opinion in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ opinion in Korematsu v. United States (majority) ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	attorney ⓘ judge ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Harlan, Clay County, Alabama, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Senator ⓘ surface form: United States Senator from Alabama
practicedLawIn	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte Black ⓘ Josephine Foster Black ⓘ
startTime	1937-08-19 ⓘ
startTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama	1927-03-04 ⓘ
stateRepresentedInSenate	Alabama ⓘ
workLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → justiceInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Black → hasNotableBearer → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Gideon v. Wainwright → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Zschernig v. Miller → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Hugo L. Black

Mapp v. Ohio → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Mapp v. Ohio → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Shelley v. Kraemer → joinedBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Cooper v. Aaron → justiceJoiningOpinion → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. United States → justiceInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. United States → concurringOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Engel v. Vitale → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Engel v. Vitale → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Lemon v. Kurtzman → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Lemon v. Kurtzman → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Everson v. Board of Education → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Hugo Black

Justice Willis Van Devanter → succeededInSupremeCourtSeatBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Willis Van Devanter

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

South Carolina v. Katzenbach → hasDissentingJustice → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Palko v. Connecticut → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Betts v. Brady → dissentingJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Betts v. Brady → dissentingOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette → justiceOnMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Willis Van Devanter → replacedBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Murdock v. Pennsylvania → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Hugo L. Black

Boynton v. Virginia → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Katzenbach v. Morgan → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

United Public Workers v. Mitchell → dissentingJustice → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Wolf v. Colorado → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections → hasDissentingOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Korematsu v. United States → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Korematsu v. United States → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Shapiro v. Thompson → dissentingJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

United States v. Guest → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Hugo Black

Dennis v. United States → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Baker v. Carr → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Katz v. United States → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Roth v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Roth v. United States → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Malloy v. Hogan → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe → hasConcurrenceAuthor → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Minersville School District v. Gobitis → hasJustice → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Cox v. Louisiana → concurringOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Cox v. Louisiana → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Hague v. CIO → concurringOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

393 U.S. 503 → dissentingOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Black

Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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