Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
E1213972
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Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case best known for being associated with the recognition of corporations as “persons” entitled to certain constitutional protections under the Fourteenth Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16451795 — 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: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Context triple: [Stanley Matthews, notableWork, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.]
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A.
Downes v. Bidwell
Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
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B.
Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen
Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen is a 1917 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited state authority over maritime workers’ compensation by holding that state laws could not interfere with the uniformity of federal admiralty and maritime law.
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C.
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins is a landmark 1938 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended the practice of federal general common law and required federal courts in diversity cases to apply state substantive law.
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D.
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld minimum wage laws and effectively ended the Lochner era by allowing greater government regulation of economic conditions.
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E.
Bridges v. California
Bridges v. California is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded First Amendment protections by limiting the power of courts to punish out-of-court publications as contempt.
- 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: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Target entity description: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case best known for being associated with the recognition of corporations as “persons” entitled to certain constitutional protections under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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A.
Downes v. Bidwell
Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
-
B.
Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen
Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen is a 1917 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited state authority over maritime workers’ compensation by holding that state laws could not interfere with the uniformity of federal admiralty and maritime law.
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C.
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins is a landmark 1938 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended the practice of federal general common law and required federal courts in diversity cases to apply state substantive law.
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D.
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld minimum wage laws and effectively ended the Lochner era by allowing greater government regulation of economic conditions.
-
E.
Bridges v. California
Bridges v. California is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded First Amendment protections by limiting the power of courts to punish out-of-court publications as contempt.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.