United States v. Texas (2021)
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United States v. Texas (2021) is a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality and enforcement mechanism of Texas’s restrictive abortion law known as Senate Bill 8.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Texas (2021) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4673208 — 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)
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Target entity: United States v. Texas (2021) Context triple: [Texas abortion laws, centralToCase, United States v. Texas (2021)]
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A.
Texas v. White
Texas v. White was an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Union to be indestructible and that states could not unilaterally secede from it.
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B.
Alabama v. Texas
Alabama v. Texas is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court addressed a dispute among states over offshore submerged lands and the scope of federal authority under the Constitution.
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C.
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas abortion restrictions as imposing an undue burden on women’s constitutional right to access abortion.
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D.
California v. Texas
California v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act after Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero.
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E.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Texas (2021) Target entity description: United States v. Texas (2021) is a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality and enforcement mechanism of Texas’s restrictive abortion law known as Senate Bill 8.
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A.
Texas v. White
Texas v. White was an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Union to be indestructible and that states could not unilaterally secede from it.
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B.
Alabama v. Texas
Alabama v. Texas is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court addressed a dispute among states over offshore submerged lands and the scope of federal authority under the Constitution.
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C.
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas abortion restrictions as imposing an undue burden on women’s constitutional right to access abortion.
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D.
California v. Texas
California v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act after Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero.
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E.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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federal court case ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
federal government standing to sue a state
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interaction between state-designed enforcement schemes and federal constitutional rights ⓘ limits of Ex parte Young doctrine ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases involving Texas
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United States Supreme Court cases on abortion ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases on federal-state relations ⓘ |
| citationStyleName | United States v. Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsIssue |
abortion
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constitutional law ⓘ enforcement mechanisms of abortion restrictions ⓘ federal preemption ⓘ private civil enforcement ⓘ sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| concernsLaw | Texas Senate Bill 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsProvision |
Article III of the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| defendantArgument |
federal courts lack jurisdiction to enjoin state courts and state clerks from hearing SB 8 suits
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sovereign immunity bars the United States’ suit ⓘ the United States lacks a cause of action to sue Texas in this context ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 21-588 ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanismChallenged | private civil actions by individuals against abortion providers and aiders ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesStatute |
Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity
NERFINISHED
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Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lawTypeChallenged | state abortion restriction ⓘ |
| legalContext | pre-Dobbs abortion jurisprudence under Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ |
| petitioner | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plaintiffArgument |
Texas Senate Bill 8 is unconstitutional under existing Supreme Court abortion precedents
NERFINISHED
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Texas cannot insulate an unconstitutional law from federal judicial review by delegating enforcement to private parties ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture |
application for emergency relief to the Supreme Court
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original action filed by the United States in federal district court ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
NERFINISHED
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Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent |
State of Texas
NERFINISHED
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Texas officials ⓘ |
| seeksRelief |
declaration that Texas Senate Bill 8 is unconstitutional
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injunction against enforcement of Texas Senate Bill 8 ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
challenge to the constitutionality of Texas Senate Bill 8
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federal government’s ability to sue a state to block enforcement of a state law ⓘ |
| year | 2021 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United States v. Texas (2021) Description of subject: United States v. Texas (2021) is a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality and enforcement mechanism of Texas’s restrictive abortion law known as Senate Bill 8.
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