Kennedy v. Louisiana
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Kennedy v. Louisiana is a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the death penalty for the rape of a child when the crime does not result in the victim's death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kennedy v. Louisiana canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12141891 — 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: Kennedy v. Louisiana Context triple: [Jeffrey L. Fisher, notableCase, Kennedy v. Louisiana]
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A.
Duncan v. Louisiana
Duncan v. Louisiana is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial in criminal cases applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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B.
Roberts v. Louisiana
Roberts v. Louisiana is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, helped define the constitutional limits on capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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C.
Montgomery v. Louisiana
Montgomery v. Louisiana is a landmark 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that made the ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles retroactive, requiring states to apply that constitutional rule to past cases.
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D.
Cox v. Louisiana
Cox v. Louisiana is a landmark 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the limits of state power to restrict public demonstrations and protected civil rights protest activities under the First Amendment.
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E.
Allgeyer v. Louisiana
Allgeyer v. Louisiana is an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court decision that first recognized a broad constitutional "liberty of contract" under the Fourteenth Amendment, limiting state interference in private economic agreements.
- 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: Kennedy v. Louisiana Target entity description: Kennedy v. Louisiana is a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the death penalty for the rape of a child when the crime does not result in the victim's death.
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A.
Duncan v. Louisiana
Duncan v. Louisiana is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial in criminal cases applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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B.
Roberts v. Louisiana
Roberts v. Louisiana is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, helped define the constitutional limits on capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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C.
Montgomery v. Louisiana
Montgomery v. Louisiana is a landmark 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that made the ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles retroactive, requiring states to apply that constitutional rule to past cases.
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D.
Cox v. Louisiana
Cox v. Louisiana is a landmark 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the limits of state power to restrict public demonstrations and protected civil rights protest activities under the First Amendment.
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E.
Allgeyer v. Louisiana
Allgeyer v. Louisiana is an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court decision that first recognized a broad constitutional "liberty of contract" under the Fourteenth Amendment, limiting state interference in private economic agreements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.