United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association
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United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that held insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause.
All labels observed (1)
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| United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T990304 — 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 v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association Context triple: [Paul v. Virginia, laterLimitedBy, United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association]
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Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
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C.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
- 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 v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association Target entity description: United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that held insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause.
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A.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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B.
United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
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C.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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antitrust case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
antitrust law
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constitutional law ⓘ insurance law ⓘ |
| arguedYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases
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surface form:
United States Supreme Court cases on Commerce Clause
United States Supreme Court cases on antitrust ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases on insurance law ⓘ |
| changedPreviousRule | insurance was not commerce for purposes of the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| citation |
322 U.S. 533
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64 S. Ct. 1162 ⓘ 88 L. Ed. 1440 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Commerce Clause
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surface form:
Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
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| countryOfCourt |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decidedYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| decidingCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| fullName | United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association self-link ⓘ |
| geographicScope | interstate insurance markets ⓘ |
| held |
Sherman Antitrust Act
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surface form:
Sherman Antitrust Act applies to interstate insurance business
insurance transactions across state lines are interstate commerce ⓘ insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| impact | led to congressional response in the McCarran–Ferguson Act ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| languageOfDecision | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Commerce Clause
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application of Sherman Antitrust Act to insurance ⓘ federal power to regulate insurance ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Hugo L. Black ⓘ |
| overruledPrecedent | Paul v. Virginia ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 533 ⓘ |
| petitioner |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| recognized | insurance as interstate commerce when conducted across state lines ⓘ |
| respondent |
South-Eastern Underwriters
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surface form:
South-Eastern Underwriters Association
member insurance companies of South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ |
| result | reversed prior understanding that insurance was purely local ⓘ |
| shortName | South-Eastern Underwriters ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted | Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
alleged market allocation in insurance
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alleged price-fixing in fire insurance ⓘ |
| subsequentDevelopment | Congress enacted the McCarran–Ferguson Act in 1945 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 322 ⓘ |
| voteSplit | 4–3 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association Description of subject: United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that held insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association
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fullName
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United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association
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