Glossip v. Gross
E167748
Glossip v. Gross is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the use of a particular lethal injection drug protocol in executions against Eighth Amendment challenges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glossip v. Gross canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1465835 — 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: Glossip v. Gross Context triple: [Stephen G. Breyer, notableCaseParticipation, Glossip v. Gross]
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A.
Furman v. Georgia
Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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B.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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C.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
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D.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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E.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the right to court-appointed counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
- 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: Glossip v. Gross Target entity description: Glossip v. Gross is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the use of a particular lethal injection drug protocol in executions against Eighth Amendment challenges.
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A.
Furman v. Georgia
Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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B.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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C.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
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D.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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E.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the right to court-appointed counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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capital punishment case ⓘ |
| category |
2015 in United States case law
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United States Supreme Court cases on capital punishment ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court cases on the Eighth Amendment
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| citation | 576 U.S. 863 ⓘ |
| concurringOpinionBy |
Antonin Scalia
ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Eighth Amendment
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decisionDate | 2015-06-29 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Elena Kagan
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 14-7955 ⓘ |
| drugInProtocol | midazolam ⓘ |
| executionMethod | lethal injection ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| holding |
Prisoners challenging a method of execution must identify a known and available alternative method that entails a lesser risk of pain
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Use of midazolam in Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment ⓘ |
| impact | raised burden on inmates challenging methods of execution ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
constitutionality of lethal injection protocol ⓘ cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ |
| majorityJoinedBy |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Samuel A. Alito Jr.
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surface form:
Samuel A. Alito
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| overruled | no ⓘ |
| petitioner | Richard Eugene Glossip ⓘ |
| precedentReliedOn | Baze v. Rees ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Baze v. Rees
ⓘ
Bucklew v. Precythe ⓘ |
| respondent |
Kevin J. Gross
ⓘ
U.S. state of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form:
State of Oklahoma
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| resultBelow | judgment of the Tenth Circuit affirmed ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
death penalty procedures
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method-of-execution challenge ⓘ |
| term | October Term 2014 ⓘ |
| vote | 5-4 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 2015 ⓘ |
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