Blackmun
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Blackmun refers to the nominative reports of U.S. Supreme Court decisions compiled by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose name is used as a citation reference in the United States Reports.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry A. Blackmun | 5 |
| Blackmun canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T32905 — 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: Blackmun Context triple: [United States Reports, includesNominativeReports, Blackmun]
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A.
Martin D. Ginsburg
Martin D. Ginsburg was a prominent American tax lawyer and law professor, noted both for his influential scholarship in tax law and his supportive partnership with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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B.
Robert Bork
Robert Bork was a conservative American jurist and legal scholar whose role in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre" and later failed Supreme Court nomination made him a highly controversial figure in U.S. legal and political history.
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C.
Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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D.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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E.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
- 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: Blackmun Target entity description: Blackmun refers to the nominative reports of U.S. Supreme Court decisions compiled by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose name is used as a citation reference in the United States Reports.
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A.
Martin D. Ginsburg
Martin D. Ginsburg was a prominent American tax lawyer and law professor, noted both for his influential scholarship in tax law and his supportive partnership with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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B.
Robert Bork
Robert Bork was a conservative American jurist and legal scholar whose role in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre" and later failed Supreme Court nomination made him a highly controversial figure in U.S. legal and political history.
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C.
Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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D.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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E.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal citation abbreviation
ⓘ
nominative reports of United States Supreme Court decisions ⓘ |
| appliesTo | opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court
case law reporters ⓘ judicial opinions ⓘ |
| citationFormat | Case Name, Volume Blackmun Page (Court Year) ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ |
| contains |
concurring opinions
ⓘ
dissenting opinions ⓘ majority opinions ⓘ per curiam opinions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentationForm | case reports ⓘ |
| hasFunction | identify specific volumes of Supreme Court decisions ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
digital legal databases
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasRole | reporter name in case citations ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
civil procedure
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ federal law ⓘ statutory interpretation ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | United States Reports nominative reporter names ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalAuthorityLevel | binding precedent in federal courts ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Supreme Court case law reporting tradition ⓘ |
| refersTo |
United States Reports
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court decisions
|
| relatedTo |
Supreme Court jurisprudence
ⓘ
judicial reporting ⓘ legal citation practice in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | citation reference ⓘ |
| usedBy |
judges
ⓘ
lawyers ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ |
| usedIn |
United States Reports
ⓘ
judicial opinions ⓘ law review articles ⓘ legal briefs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blackmun Description of subject: Blackmun refers to the nominative reports of U.S. Supreme Court decisions compiled by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose name is used as a citation reference in the United States Reports.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harry A. Blackmun
this entity surface form:
Harry A. Blackmun
this entity surface form:
Harry A. Blackmun
this entity surface form:
Harry A. Blackmun
this entity surface form:
Harry A. Blackmun