King v. Burwell
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King v. Burwell is a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the availability of federal tax credits for health insurance purchased on exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T735137 — 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: King v. Burwell Context triple: [Affordable Care Act, subjectOf, King v. Burwell]
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NFIB v. Sebelius
NFIB v. Sebelius is the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, notably ruling that its individual mandate could be sustained under Congress’s taxing power.
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B.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that closely held for-profit corporations can claim religious exemptions from certain federal regulations under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded the political spending rights of corporations and unions by treating such expenditures as protected speech.
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E.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- 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: King v. Burwell Target entity description: King v. Burwell is a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the availability of federal tax credits for health insurance purchased on exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
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A.
NFIB v. Sebelius
NFIB v. Sebelius is the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, notably ruling that its individual mandate could be sustained under Congress’s taxing power.
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B.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that closely held for-profit corporations can claim religious exemptions from certain federal regulations under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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C.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded the political spending rights of corporations and unions by treating such expenditures as protected speech.
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E.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Affordable Care Act case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ |
| affirmedOrReversed | Fourth Circuit judgment affirmed ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
administrative law
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health law ⓘ statutory interpretation ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 2015-03-04 ⓘ |
| citation |
135 S. Ct. 2480
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192 L. Ed. 2d 483 ⓘ 576 U.S. 473 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedUnderStatute | 26 U.S.C. § 36B ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2015-06-25 ⓘ |
| defendant |
Sylvia M. Burwell
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surface form:
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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| defendantOffice |
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
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surface form:
Secretary of Health and Human Services
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| dissentingJustices |
Antonin Scalia
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Clarence Thomas ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
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| dissentingOpinionBy | Antonin Scalia ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 14-114 ⓘ |
| fullName |
King v. Burwell
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
King et al. v. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
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| holding |
Tax credits are available for health insurance purchased on any exchange created under the Affordable Care Act, whether established by a state or by the federal government
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The phrase "an Exchange established by the State" is interpreted in the context of the statute as a whole to include federally facilitated exchanges ⓘ |
| impact | preserved subsidies for millions of Americans purchasing insurance on federal exchanges ⓘ |
| interpretiveApproach |
contextual statutory interpretation
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rejection of strict textual reading of "established by the State" ⓘ |
| issue |
availability of federal tax credits for health insurance purchased on exchanges
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interpretation of the phrase "established by the State" in the Affordable Care Act ⓘ |
| lowerCourt | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ |
| lowerCourtDecision | upheld IRS rule extending tax credits to federal exchanges ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Elena Kagan ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
John G. Roberts, Jr.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
John G. Roberts Jr.
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surface form:
John G. Roberts, Jr.
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| plaintiff | David King ⓘ |
| popularNameOfLawAtIssue |
Affordable Care Act
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surface form:
Obamacare
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| regulationAtIssue | IRS rule interpreting ACA premium tax credit provisions ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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NFIB v. Sebelius ⓘ |
| relatedLegislation |
Affordable Care Act
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Affordable Care Act ⓘ
surface form:
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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| subjectMatter |
federal tax credits for health insurance premiums
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federally facilitated health insurance exchanges ⓘ |
| term | October Term 2014 ⓘ |
| vote | 6-3 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: King v. Burwell Description of subject: King v. Burwell is a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the availability of federal tax credits for health insurance purchased on exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Affordable Care Act
this entity surface form:
King et al. v. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives
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notableCaseInvolvement
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King v. Burwell
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this entity surface form:
House of Representatives v. Burwell
subject surface form:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
this entity surface form:
Defense of the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell
subject surface form:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
this entity surface form:
Supreme Court case King v. Burwell
this entity surface form:
King v. Burwell decision upholding ACA subsidies