Knox v. Lee
E452311
Knox v. Lee was an 1871 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal government's power to issue paper money as legal tender, reversing the earlier Hepburn v. Griswold ruling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Knox v. Lee canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4560239 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knox v. Lee Context triple: [Legal Tender Act of 1862, challengedInCase, Knox v. Lee]
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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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B.
Kentucky v. Dennison
Kentucky v. Dennison was an 1861 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited federal power by holding that federal courts could not compel state governors to carry out interstate extradition.
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C.
Tennessee v. Lane
Tennessee v. Lane is a 2004 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to require states to provide accessible courthouses under the Americans with Disabilities Act as a valid enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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D.
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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E.
Washington v. Davis
Washington v. Davis is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that held laws or policies with a racially disproportionate impact do not violate the Equal Protection Clause absent proof of discriminatory intent.
- 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: Knox v. Lee Target entity description: Knox v. Lee was an 1871 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal government's power to issue paper money as legal tender, reversing the earlier Hepburn v. Griswold ruling.
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A.
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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B.
Kentucky v. Dennison
Kentucky v. Dennison was an 1861 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited federal power by holding that federal courts could not compel state governors to carry out interstate extradition.
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C.
Tennessee v. Lane
Tennessee v. Lane is a 2004 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to require states to provide accessible courthouses under the Americans with Disabilities Act as a valid enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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D.
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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E.
Washington v. Davis
Washington v. Davis is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that held laws or policies with a racially disproportionate impact do not violate the Equal Protection Clause absent proof of discriminatory intent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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legal tender case ⓘ |
| affects |
federal monetary policy
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power of Congress over currency ⓘ |
| citation |
12 Wall. 457
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79 U.S. 457 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fifth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ Necessary and Proper Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1871-05-01 ⓘ |
| dissentingJustice |
David Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert C. Grier NERFINISHED ⓘ Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | The Legal Tender Cases NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Parker v. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| holding |
Congress has the constitutional power to make paper money legal tender for the payment of debts
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the Legal Tender Acts are constitutional as applied to contracts made before their passage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesStatute |
Legal Tender Act of 1862
NERFINISHED
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Legal Tender Act of 1863 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| issue |
constitutionality of the Legal Tender Acts
ⓘ
validity of federal paper money as legal tender ⓘ |
| joinedByMajorityJustice |
Joseph P. Bradley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nathan Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah H. Swayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel F. Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen J. Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
constitutional law
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federal powers ⓘ monetary law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overrules | Hepburn v. Griswold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentFor | later cases on congressional monetary powers ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Hepburn v. Griswold
NERFINISHED
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Juilliard v. Greenman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | federal paper currency upheld as legal tender for private debts ⓘ |
| topic |
greenbacks
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legal tender ⓘ paper money ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 79 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1871 ⓘ |
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Subject: Knox v. Lee Description of subject: Knox v. Lee was an 1871 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal government's power to issue paper money as legal tender, reversing the earlier Hepburn v. Griswold ruling.
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