Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company
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Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company was one of the 1883 U.S. Supreme Court decisions collectively known as the Civil Rights Cases, which limited federal enforcement of civil rights protections against private discrimination.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company canonical | 2 |
| Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad | 1 |
| Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Co. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3932011 — 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.
Target entity: Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company Context triple: [The Civil Rights Cases, hasPart, Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company]
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Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. is a landmark 1928 New York Court of Appeals case, authored by Judge Benjamin Cardozo, that established the modern American doctrine of proximate cause and foreseeability in negligence law.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago is an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked a key step in applying federal constitutional protections—particularly just compensation for takings—to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal regulation of coal production as an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’s Commerce Clause powers.
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. is a 1916 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal income tax and clarified the scope and constitutionality of the Sixteenth Amendment.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company Target entity description: Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company was one of the 1883 U.S. Supreme Court decisions collectively known as the Civil Rights Cases, which limited federal enforcement of civil rights protections against private discrimination.
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A.
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. is a landmark 1928 New York Court of Appeals case, authored by Judge Benjamin Cardozo, that established the modern American doctrine of proximate cause and foreseeability in negligence law.
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B.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago is an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked a key step in applying federal constitutional protections—particularly just compensation for takings—to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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C.
Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal regulation of coal production as an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’s Commerce Clause powers.
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. is a 1916 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal income tax and clarified the scope and constitutionality of the Sixteenth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Civil Rights Cases (1883)
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
anti-discrimination law
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constitutional law ⓘ |
| collectiveName |
The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
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surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1883 ⓘ |
| effect | restricted federal remedies against racial discrimination by private entities ⓘ |
| hasParty |
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
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surface form:
Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company
Robinson ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reconstruction era aftermath ⓘ |
| holding |
contributed to the invalidation of key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1875
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limited federal power to prohibit private acts of racial discrimination ⓘ |
| impact | weakened federal protection against segregation in public accommodations ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | United States Reports ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
civil rights law
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federal civil rights enforcement ⓘ public accommodations ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
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surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
|
| relatedCase |
United States v. Nichols
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United States v. Ryan ⓘ United States v. Singleton ⓘ United States v. Stanley ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Civil Rights Act of 1875
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
private discrimination ⓘ |
| topic | scope of congressional power under the Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ |
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Subject: Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company Description of subject: Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company was one of the 1883 U.S. Supreme Court decisions collectively known as the Civil Rights Cases, which limited federal enforcement of civil rights protections against private discrimination.
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