Goetze v. United States
E1255484
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Goetze v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that forms part of the Insular Cases, addressing the constitutional and legal status of territories acquired by the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Goetze v. United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17193106 — 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: Goetze v. United States Context triple: [Insular Cases, hasPart, Goetze v. United States]
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A.
Gall v. United States
Gall v. United States is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified federal sentencing discretion by holding that appellate courts must review all sentences, including those outside the Sentencing Guidelines, under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.
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B.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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D.
Dorr v. United States
Dorr v. United States is a 1904 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the limited application of constitutional rights in unincorporated territories under the Insular Cases doctrine.
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E.
Adair v. United States
Adair v. United States is a 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a federal law protecting railroad workers’ union membership, holding that it violated employers’ freedom of contract under the Fifth Amendment.
- 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: Goetze v. United States Target entity description: Goetze v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that forms part of the Insular Cases, addressing the constitutional and legal status of territories acquired by the United States.
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A.
Gall v. United States
Gall v. United States is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified federal sentencing discretion by holding that appellate courts must review all sentences, including those outside the Sentencing Guidelines, under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.
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B.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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D.
Dorr v. United States
Dorr v. United States is a 1904 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the limited application of constitutional rights in unincorporated territories under the Insular Cases doctrine.
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E.
Adair v. United States
Adair v. United States is a 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a federal law protecting railroad workers’ union membership, holding that it violated employers’ freedom of contract under the Fifth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.