Melvin Hicks
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Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melvin Hicks canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7149251 — 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: Melvin Hicks Context triple: [St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, respondent, Melvin Hicks]
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A.
Melvin Gregg
Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
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B.
Marvin Hartley
Marvin Hartley is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hartley surname.
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C.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
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D.
Marvin Kent
Marvin Kent was a 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman after whom the city of Kent, Ohio, is named.
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E.
Leon Huff
Leon Huff is an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the legendary Philadelphia soul duo Gamble and Huff, who crafted numerous R&B and soul hits in the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: Melvin Hicks Target entity description: Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
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A.
Melvin Gregg
Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
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B.
Marvin Hartley
Marvin Hartley is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hartley surname.
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C.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
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D.
Marvin Kent
Marvin Kent was a 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman after whom the city of Kent, Ohio, is named.
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E.
Leon Huff
Leon Huff is an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the legendary Philadelphia soul duo Gamble and Huff, who crafted numerous R&B and soul hits in the 1960s and 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
employment discrimination plaintiff
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person ⓘ |
| alleged |
employment discrimination
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racial discrimination ⓘ |
| caseCitation |
St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, 509 U.S. 502 (1993)
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linked to:
St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks
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| caseClarified | burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeAtSupremeCourt | employer-favorable ruling on burden of persuasion ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalProceeding |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employerInCase | St. Mary’s Honor Center ⓘ |
| hasEthicalOrSocialSignificance |
civil rights
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workplace equality ⓘ |
| hasRole | plaintiff ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase |
United States Supreme Court
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linked to:
Supreme Court of the United States
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| legalArea |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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employment discrimination law ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineInvolved |
McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework
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linked to:
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
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| notableFor |
bringing the discrimination claim in St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks
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involvement in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on burden-shifting in discrimination cases ⓘ |
| partyToCase | St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks ⓘ |
| precedentEffect | clarified that rejection of employer’s explanation does not compel judgment for plaintiff ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Melvin Hicks Description of subject: Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.