Hall v. DeCuir
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Hall v. DeCuir was an 1878 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state authority to regulate racial segregation in interstate transportation, reinforcing federal primacy over interstate commerce.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hall v. DeCuir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3133472 — 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: Hall v. DeCuir Context triple: [Morrison R. Waite, presidedOver, Hall v. DeCuir]
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A.
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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B.
Lau v. Nichols
Lau v. Nichols is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public schools must take affirmative steps to help non-English-speaking students overcome language barriers to ensure equal educational opportunity under federal civil rights law.
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C.
Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
Griggs v. Duke Power Co. is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law, holding that seemingly neutral job requirements that disproportionately exclude protected groups can violate Title VII.
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D.
Marsh v. Chambers
Marsh v. Chambers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of legislative prayer, finding that opening legislative sessions with a state-funded chaplain’s invocation did not violate the Establishment Clause.
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E.
Hansberry v. Lee
Hansberry v. Lee is a landmark 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case involving racially restrictive housing covenants that helped inspire the themes of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun."
- 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: Hall v. DeCuir Target entity description: Hall v. DeCuir was an 1878 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state authority to regulate racial segregation in interstate transportation, reinforcing federal primacy over interstate commerce.
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A.
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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B.
Lau v. Nichols
Lau v. Nichols is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public schools must take affirmative steps to help non-English-speaking students overcome language barriers to ensure equal educational opportunity under federal civil rights law.
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C.
Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
Griggs v. Duke Power Co. is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law, holding that seemingly neutral job requirements that disproportionately exclude protected groups can violate Title VII.
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D.
Marsh v. Chambers
Marsh v. Chambers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of legislative prayer, finding that opening legislative sessions with a state-funded chaplain’s invocation did not violate the Establishment Clause.
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E.
Hansberry v. Lee
Hansberry v. Lee is a landmark 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case involving racially restrictive housing covenants that helped inspire the themes of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reconstruction-era civil rights case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ legal case ⓘ |
| affectedDoctrine | dormant Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| hasAreaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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commerce law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ transportation law ⓘ |
| hasArguedYear | 1877 ⓘ |
| hasChiefJustice |
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
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surface form:
Morrison R. Waite
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| hasCitation | 95 U.S. 485 ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalProvision |
Commerce Clause
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surface form:
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
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| hasCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDirection | limited state authority over interstate transportation ⓘ |
| hasDecisionType | majority opinion ⓘ |
| hasDecisionYear | 1878 ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Hall ⓘ |
| hasEra | post-Civil War Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| hasHolding |
Louisiana could not require an interstate carrier to provide nonsegregated accommodations on interstate journeys under its state law
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a state may not regulate interstate commerce in a manner that imposes a direct burden on interstate transportation ⓘ state civil rights statutes cannot control the conduct of interstate carriers in interstate transportation when such control burdens interstate commerce ⓘ |
| hasImpact |
constrained state-level civil rights protections in interstate travel
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provided precedent limiting state anti-discrimination laws affecting interstate carriers ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
federal judiciary of the United States
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surface form:
United States federal judiciary
|
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
constitutionality of state civil rights laws as applied to interstate carriers
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segregated accommodations on common carriers ⓘ state regulation of interstate commerce ⓘ |
| hasLocationContext |
Louisiana
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Mississippi River ⓘ |
| hasModeOfTransport | river steamboat ⓘ |
| hasOpinionAuthor | Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | state judgment reversed ⓘ |
| hasPartyRole |
DeCuir as passenger
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Hall as steamboat owner or operator ⓘ |
| hasPlaintiff | Josephine DeCuir ⓘ |
| hasRemedy | reversal of damages award under state law ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
interstate commerce
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public accommodations ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ steamboat transportation ⓘ |
| isCitedFor |
application of the dormant Commerce Clause to civil rights statutes
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limits on state regulation of interstate carriers ⓘ |
| limited | state power to prohibit racial segregation on interstate carriers ⓘ |
| preceded |
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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surface form:
Plessy v. Ferguson
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| reinforcedPrinciple | federal primacy over interstate commerce regulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hall v. DeCuir Description of subject: Hall v. DeCuir was an 1878 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state authority to regulate racial segregation in interstate transportation, reinforcing federal primacy over interstate commerce.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morrison R. Waite