United States v. Castleman
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United States v. Castleman is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the definition of “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” for purposes of federal firearm possession prohibitions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Castleman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16205753 — 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: United States v. Castleman Context triple: [October Term 2013, hasPart, United States v. Castleman]
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A.
United States v. Eichman
United States v. Eichman is a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a federal law banning flag desecration as unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
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B.
Kastigar v. United States
Kastigar v. United States is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government may compel testimony from a witness who invokes the Fifth Amendment by granting use and derivative-use immunity, which is coextensive with the privilege against self-incrimination.
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C.
United States v. Patane
United States v. Patane is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the exclusionary rule by holding that physical evidence obtained as a result of unwarned but voluntary statements is admissible despite a Miranda violation.
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D.
United States v. Bajakajian
United States v. Bajakajian is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court case that held, for the first time, that a criminal forfeiture could violate the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause if it is grossly disproportionate to the gravity of the offense.
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E.
United States v. Henry
United States v. Henry is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that further defined the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by limiting the government’s use of jailhouse informants to deliberately elicit incriminating statements from indicted defendants.
- 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: United States v. Castleman Target entity description: United States v. Castleman is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the definition of “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” for purposes of federal firearm possession prohibitions.
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A.
United States v. Eichman
United States v. Eichman is a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a federal law banning flag desecration as unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
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B.
Kastigar v. United States
Kastigar v. United States is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government may compel testimony from a witness who invokes the Fifth Amendment by granting use and derivative-use immunity, which is coextensive with the privilege against self-incrimination.
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C.
United States v. Patane
United States v. Patane is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the exclusionary rule by holding that physical evidence obtained as a result of unwarned but voluntary statements is admissible despite a Miranda violation.
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D.
United States v. Bajakajian
United States v. Bajakajian is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court case that held, for the first time, that a criminal forfeiture could violate the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause if it is grossly disproportionate to the gravity of the offense.
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E.
United States v. Henry
United States v. Henry is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that further defined the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by limiting the government’s use of jailhouse informants to deliberately elicit incriminating statements from indicted defendants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.