Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
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Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee is a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state legislative investigations by holding that compelling disclosure of NAACP membership lists violated First Amendment associational rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7476055 — 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: Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee Context triple: [NAACP v. Alabama, relatedCase, Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee]
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A.
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited Congress’s power to subject non-consenting states to lawsuits in federal court, reinforcing state sovereign immunity.
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Hall v. Florida
Hall v. Florida is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited states’ ability to impose strict IQ cutoffs when determining intellectual disability in capital cases, thereby refining the application of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on executing individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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C.
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to subject nonconsenting states to private suits for money damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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D.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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E.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
- 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: Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee Target entity description: Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee is a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state legislative investigations by holding that compelling disclosure of NAACP membership lists violated First Amendment associational rights.
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A.
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited Congress’s power to subject non-consenting states to lawsuits in federal court, reinforcing state sovereign immunity.
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B.
Hall v. Florida
Hall v. Florida is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited states’ ability to impose strict IQ cutoffs when determining intellectual disability in capital cases, thereby refining the application of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on executing individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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C.
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to subject nonconsenting states to private suits for money damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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D.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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E.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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court case ⓘ |
| appliedToStatesThrough | Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil liberties
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernmentInvolved | state legislature ⓘ |
| citation | 372 U.S. 539 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | First Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decisionDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| decisionType | constitutional decision ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
Compelling disclosure of NAACP membership lists violated First Amendment associational rights on the facts of the case
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State legislative investigations are subject to First Amendment limitations ⓘ |
| impact |
limited the power of state legislative committees to compel disclosure of membership lists
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strengthened protections for political association ⓘ |
| keyword |
NAACP membership lists
ⓘ
chilling effect on association ⓘ legislative committee subpoena power ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
First Amendment freedom of association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
scope of state legislative investigative power ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Arthur J. Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 539 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedRight |
freedom of association
ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Barenblatt v. United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NAACP v. Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Watkins v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedOrganization | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | Florida Legislative Investigation Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | subpoena of organizational membership records ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Warren Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
civil rights movement
ⓘ
legislative investigations ⓘ membership privacy ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 372 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee Description of subject: Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee is a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state legislative investigations by holding that compelling disclosure of NAACP membership lists violated First Amendment associational rights.
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