Willie S. Griggs
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Willie S. Griggs was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., which established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Willie S. Griggs canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1440378 — 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: Willie S. Griggs Context triple: [Griggs v. Duke Power Co., plaintiff, Willie S. Griggs]
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A.
Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the early New Deal era under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
Joseph T. Robinson
Joseph T. Robinson was an influential Arkansas Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader and was the party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1928.
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C.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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D.
Julius Adams
Julius Adams was an American professional football defensive end best known for his long NFL career with the New England Patriots from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
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E.
Delbert D. Black
Delbert D. Black was a United States Navy sailor who became the first senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations, helping to shape the modern role and voice of enlisted personnel in the Navy.
- 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: Willie S. Griggs Target entity description: Willie S. Griggs was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., which established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law.
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A.
Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the early New Deal era under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
Joseph T. Robinson
Joseph T. Robinson was an influential Arkansas Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader and was the party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1928.
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C.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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D.
Julius Adams
Julius Adams was an American professional football defensive end best known for his long NFL career with the New England Patriots from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
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E.
Delbert D. Black
Delbert D. Black was a United States Navy sailor who became the first senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations, helping to shape the modern role and voice of enlisted personnel in the Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights litigant
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lead plaintiff ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alleged | that Duke Power Company’s employment requirements were discriminatory in effect ⓘ |
| associatedCourtDecision |
1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
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linked to:
Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
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| civilRightsContext | post–Civil Rights Act workplace equality enforcement ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employmentContext | Duke Power Company ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
civil rights
ⓘ
employment discrimination law ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 20th century ⓘ |
| impactOnLaw | helped shift focus from discriminatory intent to discriminatory effects in employment practices ⓘ |
| influenced | development of U.S. employment discrimination jurisprudence ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the lead plaintiff in Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
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challenging employment practices with discriminatory effects ⓘ |
| legacy | case frequently cited as a foundational precedent on disparate impact ⓘ |
| legalAreaAssociatedWith | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineAssociatedWith | disparate impact ⓘ |
| legalSignificanceOfInvolvement | case established the doctrine of disparate impact in U.S. employment discrimination law ⓘ |
| name | Willie S. Griggs ⓘ |
| notableCase | Griggs v. Duke Power Co. ⓘ |
| opposed | Duke Power Company employment practices ⓘ |
| race | African American ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | lead plaintiff in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Willie S. Griggs Description of subject: Willie S. Griggs was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., which established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.