Lane v. Franks
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Lane v. Franks is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a public employee’s sworn testimony, given under subpoena and outside the scope of ordinary job duties, is protected speech under the First Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lane v. Franks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16205758 — 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: Lane v. Franks Context triple: [October Term 2013, hasPart, Lane v. Franks]
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United States v. Wade
United States v. Wade is a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case that established a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel during post-indictment police lineups.
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Betts v. Brady
Betts v. Brady was a 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held indigent defendants in state criminal cases were not automatically entitled to court-appointed counsel, a rule later overturned by Gideon v. Wainwright.
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C.
Washington v. Davis
Washington v. Davis is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that held laws or policies with a racially disproportionate impact do not violate the Equal Protection Clause absent proof of discriminatory intent.
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New York v. Quarles
New York v. Quarles is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision that created the "public safety" exception to the Miranda warning requirement, allowing certain unwarned statements to be admitted when needed to protect public safety.
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E.
Light v. United States
Light v. United States is a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld broad federal authority to regulate and control the use of public lands, including grazing, under the Property Clause of the Constitution.
- 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: Lane v. Franks Target entity description: Lane v. Franks is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a public employee’s sworn testimony, given under subpoena and outside the scope of ordinary job duties, is protected speech under the First Amendment.
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A.
United States v. Wade
United States v. Wade is a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case that established a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel during post-indictment police lineups.
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B.
Betts v. Brady
Betts v. Brady was a 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held indigent defendants in state criminal cases were not automatically entitled to court-appointed counsel, a rule later overturned by Gideon v. Wainwright.
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C.
Washington v. Davis
Washington v. Davis is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that held laws or policies with a racially disproportionate impact do not violate the Equal Protection Clause absent proof of discriminatory intent.
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D.
New York v. Quarles
New York v. Quarles is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision that created the "public safety" exception to the Miranda warning requirement, allowing certain unwarned statements to be admitted when needed to protect public safety.
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E.
Light v. United States
Light v. United States is a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld broad federal authority to regulate and control the use of public lands, including grazing, under the Property Clause of the Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.