United States v. Ryan
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United States v. Ryan is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that formed part of the landmark 1883 Civil Rights Cases, which curtailed federal enforcement of civil rights protections against private discrimination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Ryan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3932008 — 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: United States v. Ryan Context triple: [The Civil Rights Cases, hasPart, United States v. Ryan]
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United States v. Eichman
United States v. Eichman is a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a federal law banning flag desecration as unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
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B.
United States v. Giordano
United States v. Giordano is a U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the strict procedural requirements for federal wiretap authorizations and limited who may approve such surveillance orders.
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C.
United States v. Anthony Russo
United States v. Anthony Russo was a federal criminal case arising from the Pentagon Papers scandal, in which Anthony Russo was prosecuted alongside Daniel Ellsberg for their role in the unauthorized copying and disclosure of classified government documents about the Vietnam War.
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D.
Reese v. United States
Reese v. United States is an 1876 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment during the Reconstruction era.
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E.
United States v. Guest
United States v. Guest is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the federal government can prosecute private conspiracies to interfere with constitutional rights, particularly the right to travel, under certain circumstances.
- 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: United States v. Ryan Target entity description: United States v. Ryan is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that formed part of the landmark 1883 Civil Rights Cases, which curtailed federal enforcement of civil rights protections against private discrimination.
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A.
United States v. Eichman
United States v. Eichman is a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a federal law banning flag desecration as unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
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B.
United States v. Giordano
United States v. Giordano is a U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the strict procedural requirements for federal wiretap authorizations and limited who may approve such surveillance orders.
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C.
United States v. Anthony Russo
United States v. Anthony Russo was a federal criminal case arising from the Pentagon Papers scandal, in which Anthony Russo was prosecuted alongside Daniel Ellsberg for their role in the unauthorized copying and disclosure of classified government documents about the Vietnam War.
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D.
Reese v. United States
Reese v. United States is an 1876 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment during the Reconstruction era.
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E.
United States v. Guest
United States v. Guest is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the federal government can prosecute private conspiracies to interfere with constitutional rights, particularly the right to travel, under certain circumstances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| appliedStatute | Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ |
| citationCluster | 109 U.S. 3 (1883) ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| countryOfCourt |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedWith |
The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
|
| effect |
contributed to the weakening of Reconstruction-era civil rights protections
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limited federal enforcement of civil rights protections against private discrimination ⓘ narrowed interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment state action requirement ⓘ |
| hasParty |
Ryan
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalPeriod | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| holding |
Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to regulate purely private acts of racial discrimination in public accommodations
ⓘ
the Civil Rights Act of 1875 provisions at issue were unconstitutional as applied to private individuals and businesses ⓘ |
| impactOnLaw | provided precedent limiting federal civil rights legislation aimed at private conduct ⓘ |
| impactOnSociety | facilitated continuation of private racial segregation practices in the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment
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enforcement of the Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ scope of federal power to prohibit private racial discrimination ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding precedent of the Supreme Court of the United States on issues within its holding ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
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surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
landmark 1883 Civil Rights Cases decision ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
congressional enforcement power under the Reconstruction Amendments
ⓘ
state action doctrine ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company
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United States v. Nichols ⓘ United States v. Singleton ⓘ United States v. Stanley ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
federal criminal enforcement of civil rights
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racial discrimination in public accommodations ⓘ |
| subsequentDevelopment | later limited by mid-twentieth-century civil rights legislation and Supreme Court decisions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United States v. Ryan Description of subject: United States v. Ryan is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that formed part of the landmark 1883 Civil Rights Cases, which curtailed federal enforcement of civil rights protections against private discrimination.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Civil Rights Cases