Hamilton v. Douglas
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Hamilton v. Douglas is a notable 18th-century Scottish legal case that formed part of the broader Douglas Cause, a famous inheritance dispute over the succession to the Douglas estates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hamilton v. Douglas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12389669 — 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: Hamilton v. Douglas Context triple: [Douglas Cause, hasPart, Hamilton v. Douglas]
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A.
Ableman v. Booth
Ableman v. Booth was an 1859 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over state courts in enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act before the Civil War.
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B.
McPherson v. Blacker
McPherson v. Blacker is an 1892 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state’s authority to determine how its presidential electors are chosen, affirming broad state control over the Electoral College selection process.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Minor v. Happersett
Minor v. Happersett was an 1875 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Constitution did not grant women the right to vote, rejecting the argument that suffrage was a privilege of national citizenship.
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E.
Kentucky v. Dennison
Kentucky v. Dennison was an 1861 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited federal power by holding that federal courts could not compel state governors to carry out interstate extradition.
- 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: Hamilton v. Douglas Target entity description: Hamilton v. Douglas is a notable 18th-century Scottish legal case that formed part of the broader Douglas Cause, a famous inheritance dispute over the succession to the Douglas estates.
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A.
Ableman v. Booth
Ableman v. Booth was an 1859 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over state courts in enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act before the Civil War.
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B.
McPherson v. Blacker
McPherson v. Blacker is an 1892 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state’s authority to determine how its presidential electors are chosen, affirming broad state control over the Electoral College selection process.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Minor v. Happersett
Minor v. Happersett was an 1875 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Constitution did not grant women the right to vote, rejecting the argument that suffrage was a privilege of national citizenship.
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E.
Kentucky v. Dennison
Kentucky v. Dennison was an 1861 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited federal power by holding that federal courts could not compel state governors to carry out interstate extradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
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