opinion in Ginzburg v. United States

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States United States Supreme Court case United States Supreme Court opinion judicial decision publisher

The opinion in Ginzburg v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court decision authored by Justice Potter Stewart that addressed the standards for determining obscenity in mailed publications.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ginzburg v. United States	2
opinion in Ginzburg v. United States canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1136127 — 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: opinion in Ginzburg v. United States
Context triple: [Potter Stewart, notableWork, opinion in Ginzburg v. United States]

A. Debs v. United States
Debs v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case in which socialist leader Eugene V. Debs’s conviction for antiwar speech was upheld, reinforcing broad limits on free speech during wartime.
B. Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
C. Schenck v. United States
Schenck v. United States is a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the “clear and present danger” test, allowing the government to restrict speech during wartime.
D. Gitlow v. New York
Gitlow v. New York is a 1925 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked a major step in applying First Amendment free speech protections to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
E. Katz v. United States
Katz v. United States is a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that redefined Fourth Amendment protections by establishing that the amendment safeguards people’s reasonable expectations of privacy, not just physical places.
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: opinion in Ginzburg v. United States
Target entity description: The opinion in Ginzburg v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court decision authored by Justice Potter Stewart that addressed the standards for determining obscenity in mailed publications.

A. Debs v. United States
Debs v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case in which socialist leader Eugene V. Debs’s conviction for antiwar speech was upheld, reinforcing broad limits on free speech during wartime.
B. Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
C. Schenck v. United States
Schenck v. United States is a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the “clear and present danger” test, allowing the government to restrict speech during wartime.
D. Gitlow v. New York
Gitlow v. New York is a 1925 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked a major step in applying First Amendment free speech protections to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
E. Katz v. United States
Katz v. United States is a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that redefined Fourth Amendment protections by establishing that the amendment safeguards people’s reasonable expectations of privacy, not just physical places.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ United States Supreme Court opinion ⓘ judicial decision ⓘ publisher ⓘ
appliesStatute	18 U.S.C. § 1461 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 1465 ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ postal law ⓘ
argued	1965-11-16 ⓘ
author	Potter Stewart ⓘ
bench	Warren Court ⓘ linked to: Warren Court era
citation	383 U.S. 463 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decided	1966-03-21 ⓘ 1966-03-21 ⓘ
decisionDate	1966-03-21 ⓘ
docketNumber	58 ⓘ
focus	obscenity in mailed publications ⓘ role of advertising in obscenity determinations ⓘ
holding	materials may be found obscene based in part on the manner of their advertising and promotion ⓘ pandering to prurient interests is relevant to determining obscenity ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	affirmed convictions for mailing obscene advertising and materials ⓘ
legalSubject	First Amendment ⓘ linked to: First Amendment to the United States Constitution freedom of speech ⓘ mailing of obscene materials ⓘ obscenity law ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Potter Stewart ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports	463 ⓘ
partOf	Ginzburg v. United States ⓘ linked to: opinion in Ginzburg v. United States
party	Ralph Ginzburg ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
relatedCase	Memoirs v. Massachusetts ⓘ Roth v. United States ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Roth test for obscenity ⓘ
standardAddressed	contemporary community standards ⓘ pandering doctrine ⓘ prurient interest ⓘ
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports	383 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Potter Stewart → notableWork → opinion in Ginzburg v. United States ⓘ

opinion in Ginzburg v. United States → partOf → Ginzburg v. United States ⓘ

linked to: opinion in Ginzburg v. United States

Ralph Ginzburg → notableCourtCase → Ginzburg v. United States ⓘ