Lafler v. Cooper
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Lafler v. Cooper is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that held defendants can obtain relief for ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining when bad legal advice leads them to reject a favorable plea offer.
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| Lafler v. Cooper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16115238 — 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: Lafler v. Cooper Context triple: [October Term 2011, heardCase, Lafler v. Cooper]
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A.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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B.
Crawford v. Washington
Crawford v. Washington is a landmark 2004 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reshaped Confrontation Clause jurisprudence by holding that testimonial hearsay is inadmissible against a criminal defendant unless the witness is unavailable and there was a prior opportunity for cross-examination.
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C.
Cooper v. Aaron
Cooper v. Aaron is a landmark 1958 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the supremacy of federal law and the Court’s authority by ruling that states are bound to enforce desegregation under Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Corrigan v. Buckley
Corrigan v. Buckley is a 1926 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the enforceability of racially restrictive covenants in property deeds, paving the way for widespread legalized housing segregation until later overturned in effect by subsequent civil rights rulings.
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E.
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.
- 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: Lafler v. Cooper Target entity description: Lafler v. Cooper is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that held defendants can obtain relief for ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining when bad legal advice leads them to reject a favorable plea offer.
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A.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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B.
Crawford v. Washington
Crawford v. Washington is a landmark 2004 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reshaped Confrontation Clause jurisprudence by holding that testimonial hearsay is inadmissible against a criminal defendant unless the witness is unavailable and there was a prior opportunity for cross-examination.
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C.
Cooper v. Aaron
Cooper v. Aaron is a landmark 1958 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the supremacy of federal law and the Court’s authority by ruling that states are bound to enforce desegregation under Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Corrigan v. Buckley
Corrigan v. Buckley is a 1926 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the enforceability of racially restrictive covenants in property deeds, paving the way for widespread legalized housing segregation until later overturned in effect by subsequent civil rights rulings.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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