Silverthorne Lumber Company
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Silverthorne Lumber Company was a U.S. lumber business best known as the defendant in the landmark Supreme Court case Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, which helped establish the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine in American criminal procedure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Silverthorne Lumber Company canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16579231 — 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: Silverthorne Lumber Company Context triple: [Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, party, Silverthorne Lumber Company]
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A.
Northern Lumber Company
Northern Lumber Company was a historic American timber and lumber firm connected to prominent lumber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the broader Upper Midwest logging industry.
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B.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
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C.
Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was a major Midwestern lumber firm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries closely tied to timber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s expanding wood-products empire.
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D.
Pope & Talbot lumber company
Pope & Talbot lumber company was a prominent American lumber and shipping firm that operated major sawmills and timber operations in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia from the 19th century into the late 20th century.
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E.
Mississippi River Logging Company
The Mississippi River Logging Company was a major 19th-century American lumber enterprise that played a key role in harvesting and transporting timber along the upper Mississippi River.
- 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: Silverthorne Lumber Company Target entity description: Silverthorne Lumber Company was a U.S. lumber business best known as the defendant in the landmark Supreme Court case Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, which helped establish the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine in American criminal procedure.
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A.
Northern Lumber Company
Northern Lumber Company was a historic American timber and lumber firm connected to prominent lumber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the broader Upper Midwest logging industry.
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B.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
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C.
Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was a major Midwestern lumber firm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries closely tied to timber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s expanding wood-products empire.
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D.
Pope & Talbot lumber company
Pope & Talbot lumber company was a prominent American lumber and shipping firm that operated major sawmills and timber operations in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia from the 19th century into the late 20th century.
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E.
Mississippi River Logging Company
The Mississippi River Logging Company was a major 19th-century American lumber enterprise that played a key role in harvesting and transporting timber along the upper Mississippi River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.