Susan Galloway
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Susan Galloway is a New York resident and civil liberties advocate who challenged the Town of Greece’s legislative prayer practice in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Town of Greece v. Galloway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Susan Galloway canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1729290 — 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: Susan Galloway Context triple: [Town of Greece v. Galloway, respondent, Susan Galloway]
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A.
Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage is an American historian and Yale professor known for her scholarship on 20th-century U.S. political history and her acclaimed biography of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
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B.
Rosemary Harris
Rosemary Harris is a British actress acclaimed for her extensive stage and screen career, including a Tony Award win and an Academy Award nomination.
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C.
Deborah McGuire
Deborah McGuire is an American actress and model best known for her roles in 1970s exploitation films and for her brief marriage to comedian Richard Pryor.
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D.
Sarah Story
Sarah Story was the wife of 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian John Cotton, associated with early colonial New England.
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E.
Eleanor Taylor
Eleanor Taylor was the wife of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, known primarily in relation to his life and career in early Hollywood.
- 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: Susan Galloway Target entity description: Susan Galloway is a New York resident and civil liberties advocate who challenged the Town of Greece’s legislative prayer practice in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Town of Greece v. Galloway.
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A.
Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage is an American historian and Yale professor known for her scholarship on 20th-century U.S. political history and her acclaimed biography of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
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B.
Rosemary Harris
Rosemary Harris is a British actress acclaimed for her extensive stage and screen career, including a Tony Award win and an Academy Award nomination.
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C.
Deborah McGuire
Deborah McGuire is an American actress and model best known for her roles in 1970s exploitation films and for her brief marriage to comedian Richard Pryor.
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D.
Sarah Story
Sarah Story was the wife of 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian John Cotton, associated with early colonial New England.
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E.
Eleanor Taylor
Eleanor Taylor was the wife of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, known primarily in relation to his life and career in early Hollywood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York resident
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ civil liberties advocate ⓘ litigant ⓘ person ⓘ town ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
civil liberties
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religious freedom ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ |
| citation | 572 U.S. 565 ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| holding | legislative prayer at town meetings does not violate the Establishment Clause if it does not coerce participation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| knownFor |
challenging the Town of Greece’s legislative prayer practice
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role in Town of Greece v. Galloway ⓘ |
| legalClaim | legislative prayer practice violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Establishment Clause
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legislative prayer ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| locationOfEvent | Greece, New York ⓘ |
| notableWork | Town of Greece v. Galloway ⓘ |
| opposedPractice | sectarian legislative prayer at town board meetings ⓘ |
| party |
Linda Stephens
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Susan Galloway ⓘ Town of Greece, New York ⓘ |
| partyTo | Town of Greece v. Galloway ⓘ |
| residence |
New York
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Town of Greece, New York ⓘ |
| role | plaintiff in Town of Greece v. Galloway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Susan Galloway Description of subject: Susan Galloway is a New York resident and civil liberties advocate who challenged the Town of Greece’s legislative prayer practice in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Town of Greece v. Galloway.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
Susan Galloway