United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont and is known for its influential decisions in areas such as securities law, immigration, and constitutional rights.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit canonical | 56 |
| Second Circuit | 11 |
| 2d Cir. | 1 |
| 2nd Cir. | 1 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | 1 |
| United States Courts of the Second Circuit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60787 — 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: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Context triple: [United States courts of appeals, includes, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]
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United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from federal district courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island.
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New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest appellate court in the state of New York, serving as its court of last resort for interpreting state law and the state constitution.
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United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York is the state's intermediate appellate court, organized into four judicial departments that review civil and criminal decisions from lower courts.
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Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico
The Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico is the intermediate appellate court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, reviewing decisions from lower courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Target entity description: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont and is known for its influential decisions in areas such as securities law, immigration, and constitutional rights.
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United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from federal district courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island.
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New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest appellate court in the state of New York, serving as its court of last resort for interpreting state law and the state constitution.
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United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York is the state's intermediate appellate court, organized into four judicial departments that review civil and criminal decisions from lower courts.
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Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico
The Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico is the intermediate appellate court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, reviewing decisions from lower courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Description of subject: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont and is known for its influential decisions in areas such as securities law, immigration, and constitutional rights.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
subject surface form:
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Microsoft Corp. v. United States
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involvesCourt
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
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locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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this entity surface form:
Second Circuit
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
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subordinateTo
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
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appealsTo
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
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circuit
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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this entity surface form:
Second Circuit
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
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lowerCourt
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant
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reversed
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
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originatedFrom
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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subject surface form:
United States v. Windsor