Corfield v. Coryell
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Corfield v. Coryell is an 1823 federal circuit court decision by Justice Bushrod Washington that famously articulated an influential early list of the fundamental rights protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corfield v. Coryell canonical | 6 |
| Corfield v. Coryell opinion by Justice Bushrod Washington | 1 |
| Corfield v. Coryell, 6 F. Cas. 546 (C.C.E.D. Pa. 1823) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T132265 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corfield v. Coryell Context triple: [Privileges and Immunities Clause, keyCase, Corfield v. Coryell]
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
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Ware v. Hylton
Ware v. Hylton was a 1796 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal treaties override conflicting state laws, helping to establish the authority of the national government under the Constitution.
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United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corfield v. Coryell Target entity description: Corfield v. Coryell is an 1823 federal circuit court decision by Justice Bushrod Washington that famously articulated an influential early list of the fundamental rights protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause.
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
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D.
Ware v. Hylton
Ware v. Hylton was a 1796 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal treaties override conflicting state laws, helping to establish the authority of the national government under the Constitution.
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E.
United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Privileges and Immunities Clause case
ⓘ
United States federal court case ⓘ legal decision ⓘ |
| appliesConstitutionalProvision |
Privileges and Immunities Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Article IV Privileges and Immunities Clause
|
| articulatesConcept |
fundamental rights of national citizenship
ⓘ
privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states ⓘ |
| definesTerm | privileges and immunities ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDecisionDate | May 1823 ⓘ |
| hasCitationStyle | Corfield v. Coryell self-link ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasCourt | United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| hasDecisionYear | 1823 ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Coryell ⓘ |
| hasDocketType | civil case ⓘ |
| hasFullCitation |
Corfield v. Coryell
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Corfield v. Coryell, 6 F. Cas. 546 (C.C.E.D. Pa. 1823)
|
| hasHistoricalStatus | leading early case on Article IV privileges and immunities ⓘ |
| hasHolding | The challenged New Jersey law did not violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
scope of the fundamental rights protected by the Article IV Privileges and Immunities Clause
ⓘ
whether a state could restrict nonresidents from harvesting certain natural resources ⓘ |
| hasJudge | Bushrod Washington ⓘ |
| hasJudgeRole | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States sitting as Circuit Justice ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
federal judiciary of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
|
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegalDomain |
constitutional law
ⓘ
federal courts ⓘ |
| hasLegalSignificance |
early exposition of the meaning of Article IV privileges and immunities
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frequently cited in constitutional law scholarship ⓘ |
| hasOpinionAuthor | Bushrod Washington ⓘ |
| hasPlaintiff | Corfield ⓘ |
| hasProceduralPosture | federal circuit court decision, not reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasReporterCitation | 6 F. Cas. 546 ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | antebellum era ⓘ |
| influences |
19th-century constitutional doctrine on national citizenship
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later interpretations of the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ |
| involvesState |
New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
New Jersey
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| involvesStateLaw | New Jersey statute regulating oyster and clam harvesting ⓘ |
| isCitedBy | later federal and state court decisions interpreting the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ |
| isKnownFor | providing an early influential list of fundamental rights protected by the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn |
constitutional law casebooks
ⓘ
scholarship on the Fourteenth Amendment Privileges or Immunities Clause ⓘ |
| listsRight |
the right to access the courts of justice
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the right to acquire and possess property ⓘ the right to exemption from higher taxes imposed on nonresidents ⓘ the right to protection by the government ⓘ the right to pursue a trade or calling ⓘ the right to pursue and obtain happiness and safety ⓘ the right to the elective franchise as regulated by each state ⓘ the right to travel and reside in any state ⓘ |
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Subject: Corfield v. Coryell Description of subject: Corfield v. Coryell is an 1823 federal circuit court decision by Justice Bushrod Washington that famously articulated an influential early list of the fundamental rights protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause.
Referenced by (8)
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this entity surface form:
Corfield v. Coryell, 6 F. Cas. 546 (C.C.E.D. Pa. 1823)
this entity surface form:
Corfield v. Coryell opinion by Justice Bushrod Washington