Justice Willis Van Devanter
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Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Justice Willis Van Devanter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T85299 — 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: Justice Willis Van Devanter Context triple: [Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, dissentingJustice, Justice Willis Van Devanter]
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Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
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Justice James C. McReynolds
Justice James C. McReynolds was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941), known for his opposition to New Deal legislation and his often abrasive, reactionary judicial and personal views.
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Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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E.
Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
- 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: Justice Willis Van Devanter Target entity description: Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.
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A.
Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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B.
Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
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C.
Justice James C. McReynolds
Justice James C. McReynolds was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941), known for his opposition to New Deal legislation and his often abrasive, reactionary judicial and personal views.
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D.
Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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E.
Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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human ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President William Howard Taft
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surface form:
William Howard Taft
|
| appointedToEighthCircuitBy | Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ |
| barAdmission |
Indiana bar
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Wyoming bar ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1859-04-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1941-02-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
DePauw University
ⓘ
University of Cincinnati ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cincinnati College of Law
|
| endTimeOfEighthCircuitJudgeship | 1911 ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPosition | 1937-06-02 ⓘ |
| familyName | Van Devanter ⓘ |
| givenName | Willis ⓘ |
| heritage | Dutch-American descent ⓘ |
| ideology | judicial conservatism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conservative jurisprudence
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opposition to New Deal legislation ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty | federal constitutional law ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
conservative bloc of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| nominatedToSupremeCourtBy |
President William Howard Taft
ⓘ
surface form:
William Howard Taft
|
| notableFor | participation in striking down early New Deal measures ⓘ |
| notableWork | opinions limiting scope of federal regulatory power ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Four Horsemen (Supreme Court)
ⓘ
surface form:
Four Horsemen (U.S. Supreme Court)
|
| placeOfBirth | Marion, Indiana, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Attorney General for the Department of the Interior
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Chief Justice of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ |
| precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy | Edward Douglass White ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Cheyenne
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surface form:
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Frances B. Miner ⓘ |
| startTimeOfEighthCircuitJudgeship | 1903 ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPosition | 1911-12-18 ⓘ |
| succeededInSupremeCourtSeatBy |
Hugo L. Black
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surface form:
Hugo Black
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| workedIn |
Washington, D.C.
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Wyoming ⓘ
surface form:
Wyoming Territory
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Subject: Justice Willis Van Devanter Description of subject: Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.
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