John Paul Stevens

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States author human jurist lawyer

John Paul Stevens was a long-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his independent, often liberal-leaning opinions and influential dissents.

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Label	Occurrences
John Paul Stevens canonical	132
Justice John Paul Stevens	26
John Paul Stevens (in part)	1
Justice John Paul Stevens (in part by some concurrences and dissents on specific issues)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60952 — 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: John Paul Stevens
Context triple: [Bush v. Gore, dissentingJustice, John Paul Stevens]

A. Byron R. White
Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.
B. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist was a long-serving conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and later Chief Justice, known for advocating federalism, limiting the reach of federal power, and opposing expansive interpretations of constitutional rights.
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: John Paul Stevens
Target entity description: John Paul Stevens was a long-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his independent, often liberal-leaning opinions and influential dissents.

A. Byron R. White
Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.
B. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist was a long-serving conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and later Chief Justice, known for advocating federalism, limiting the reach of federal power, and opposing expansive interpretations of constitutional rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy	Gerald Ford ⓘ
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
barAdmission	Illinois ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
child	Elizabeth Stevens ⓘ John Joseph Stevens ⓘ Kathryn Stevens ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1920-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2019-07-16 ⓘ
educatedAt	Northwestern University ⓘ Pritzker School of Law ⓘ surface form: Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law University of Chicago ⓘ University of Chicago Laboratory Schools ⓘ
endTime	2010-06-29 ⓘ
familyName	Stevens ⓘ
fullName	John Paul Stevens self-link ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
knownFor	independent judicial philosophy ⓘ influential dissenting opinions ⓘ liberal-leaning jurisprudence in later years ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant junior grade ⓘ
notableWork	The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years ⓘ Bush v. Gore ⓘ surface form: dissent in Bush v. Gore opinion in Atkins v. Virginia ⓘ opinion in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ⓘ opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ⓘ opinion in Rasul v. Bush ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment	independent ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
precededBy	William O. Douglas ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Jane Shereen ⓘ Maryan Mulholland Simon ⓘ
startTime	1975-12-19 ⓘ
succeededBy	Elena Kagan ⓘ
workLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Referenced by (160)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alabama v. Shelton → hasMajorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

FCC v. Pacifica Foundation → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC → joinedBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Grutter v. Bollinger → joinedMajorityBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Romer v. Evans → majorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Gratz v. Bollinger → dissentingJustice → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Lawrence v. Texas (in part) → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

subject surface form: Lawrence v. Texas

Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Shaw v. Reno → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Washington v. Davis → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Cannon v. University of Chicago → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District → dissentingJustice → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education → majorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Alden v. Maine → joinedByInDissent → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Rehnquist Court → compositionIncludes → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Nixon v. Fitzgerald → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Ford administration → judicialAppointment → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Leon → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → author → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → opposedBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens (in part by some concurrences and dissents on specific issues)

opinion in Atkins v. Virginia → author → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

opinion in Atkins v. Virginia → majorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years → author → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years → mainSubject → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years → workOf → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Kelo v. City of New London → hasMajorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Kelo v. City of New London → hasMajorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

opinion in Rasul v. Bush → author → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

John Joseph Stevens → child → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

District of Columbia v. Heller → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

District of Columbia v. Heller → joinedByInBreyerDissent → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Maryan Mulholland Simon → spouse → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Eichman → dissentingJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc. → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc. → majorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Paul Stevens (in part)

Patterson v. McLean Credit Union → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Faragher v. City of Boca Raton → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Alexander v. Sandoval → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks → joinedByInDissent → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Edwards v. Aguillard → hasMajorityJoiner → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Edwards v. Aguillard → hasConcurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Stenberg v. Carhart → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

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