Beauharnais v. Illinois
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Beauharnais v. Illinois is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld an Illinois group libel law against a First Amendment challenge, allowing punishment of certain defamatory speech about racial or religious groups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beauharnais v. Illinois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15156901 — 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: Beauharnais v. Illinois Context triple: [Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, precedentFor, Beauharnais v. Illinois]
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A.
Bradwell v. Illinois
Bradwell v. Illinois is an 1873 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a state's right to bar women from practicing law, marking an early setback for women's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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B.
Brown v. Illinois
Brown v. Illinois is a 1975 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the admissibility of confessions obtained after an unlawful arrest by emphasizing the need to purge the taint of the initial Fourth Amendment violation.
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C.
Moore v. Illinois
Moore v. Illinois is a United States Supreme Court decision addressing constitutional criminal procedure issues, particularly concerning the rights of defendants in state prosecutions.
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D.
Munn v. Illinois
Munn v. Illinois is an 1877 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld state regulation of private industries affecting the public interest, marking a key moment in the development of government regulatory power.
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E.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
- 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: Beauharnais v. Illinois Target entity description: Beauharnais v. Illinois is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld an Illinois group libel law against a First Amendment challenge, allowing punishment of certain defamatory speech about racial or religious groups.
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A.
Bradwell v. Illinois
Bradwell v. Illinois is an 1873 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a state's right to bar women from practicing law, marking an early setback for women's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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B.
Brown v. Illinois
Brown v. Illinois is a 1975 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the admissibility of confessions obtained after an unlawful arrest by emphasizing the need to purge the taint of the initial Fourth Amendment violation.
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C.
Moore v. Illinois
Moore v. Illinois is a United States Supreme Court decision addressing constitutional criminal procedure issues, particularly concerning the rights of defendants in state prosecutions.
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D.
Munn v. Illinois
Munn v. Illinois is an 1877 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld state regulation of private industries affecting the public interest, marking a key moment in the development of government regulatory power.
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E.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
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