Westfall Act
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The Westfall Act is a U.S. federal law that grants federal employees immunity from personal liability for common-law torts committed within the scope of their employment by substituting the United States as the defendant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Westfall Act canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20023572 — 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: Westfall Act Context triple: [Federal Tort Claims Act, relatedTo, Westfall Act]
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A.
Cullom Act
The Cullom Act was a late 19th-century U.S. federal law associated with Senator Shelby M. Cullom, best known for addressing issues of interstate commerce regulation.
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B.
Burke–Wadsworth Act
The Burke–Wadsworth Act was the landmark 1940 U.S. law that established the first peacetime military draft in American history, preparing the nation’s armed forces on the eve of World War II.
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C.
Spooner Act
The Spooner Act was a 1902 U.S. federal law that authorized the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, paving the way for the Panama Canal project.
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D.
Simpson–Mazzoli Act
The Simpson–Mazzoli Act is a landmark 1986 U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by granting amnesty to certain undocumented immigrants while imposing new sanctions on employers who hired unauthorized workers.
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E.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
- 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: Westfall Act Target entity description: The Westfall Act is a U.S. federal law that grants federal employees immunity from personal liability for common-law torts committed within the scope of their employment by substituting the United States as the defendant.
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A.
Cullom Act
The Cullom Act was a late 19th-century U.S. federal law associated with Senator Shelby M. Cullom, best known for addressing issues of interstate commerce regulation.
-
B.
Burke–Wadsworth Act
The Burke–Wadsworth Act was the landmark 1940 U.S. law that established the first peacetime military draft in American history, preparing the nation’s armed forces on the eve of World War II.
-
C.
Spooner Act
The Spooner Act was a 1902 U.S. federal law that authorized the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, paving the way for the Panama Canal project.
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D.
Simpson–Mazzoli Act
The Simpson–Mazzoli Act is a landmark 1986 U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by granting amnesty to certain undocumented immigrants while imposing new sanctions on employers who hired unauthorized workers.
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E.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.