Hugo L. Black
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Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hugo L. Black canonical | 56 |
| Hugo Black | 13 |
| Justice Hugo L. Black | 5 |
| Justice Hugo Black | 4 |
| Hugo Lafayette Black | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T204761 — 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: Hugo L. Black Context triple: [Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, justiceInMajority, Hugo L. Black]
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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.
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.
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C.
William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
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D.
Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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E.
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.
- 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: Hugo L. Black Target entity description: Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.
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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.
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.
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C.
William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
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D.
Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court justice
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| barAdmittedTo | Alabama State Bar ⓘ |
| branchOfService |
United States Medical Department (Army)
ⓘ
surface form:
Medical Corps of the United States Army
|
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-02-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1971-09-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Alabama
ⓘ
University of Alabama School of Law ⓘ |
| endTime | 1971-09-17 ⓘ |
| endTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama | 1937-08-19 ⓘ |
| familyName | Black ⓘ |
| givenName | Hugo ⓘ |
| ideology |
New Deal liberal
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civil libertarian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
broad interpretation of the First Amendment
ⓘ
doctrine of incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states ⓘ strong advocacy of civil liberties ⓘ textualist approach to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absolutist view of the First Amendment’s free speech clause
ⓘ
support for separation of church and state ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Betts v. Brady
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surface form:
opinion in Betts v. Brady (dissent)
opinion in Engel v. Vitale (concurrence) ⓘ opinion in Everson v. Board of Education ⓘ opinion in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ opinion in Korematsu v. United States (majority) ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
attorney
ⓘ
judge ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Harlan, Clay County, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bethesda, Maryland
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surface form:
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
|
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
surface form:
United States Senator from Alabama
|
| practicedLawIn | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte Black
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Josephine Foster Black ⓘ |
| startTime | 1937-08-19 ⓘ |
| startTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama | 1927-03-04 ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInSenate | Alabama ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
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Input
Subject: Hugo L. Black Description of subject: Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.
Referenced by (79)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Justice Hugo L. Black
this entity surface form:
Justice Hugo Black
this entity surface form:
Hugo Black
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Justice Hugo L. Black
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Hugo Lafayette Black
this entity surface form:
Justice Hugo L. Black
this entity surface form:
Justice Hugo Black
this entity surface form:
Hugo Black
this entity surface form:
Hugo Black