John Paul Stevens

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States author human jurist lawyer

John Paul Stevens was a long-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his independent, often liberal-leaning opinions and influential dissents.

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Label	Occurrences
John Paul Stevens canonical	224
Justice John Paul Stevens	43
John Paul Stevens (in part)	2
Justice John Paul Stevens (in part by some concurrences and dissents on specific issues)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60952 — 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: John Paul Stevens
Context triple: [Bush v. Gore, dissentingJustice, John Paul Stevens]

A. Byron R. White
Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.
B. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
C. Martin D. Ginsburg
Martin D. Ginsburg was a prominent American tax lawyer and law professor, noted both for his influential scholarship in tax law and his supportive partnership with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
D. Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
E. William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist was a long-serving conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and later Chief Justice, known for advocating federalism, limiting the reach of federal power, and opposing expansive interpretations of constitutional rights.
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: John Paul Stevens
Target entity description: John Paul Stevens was a long-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his independent, often liberal-leaning opinions and influential dissents.

A. Byron R. White
Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.
B. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.
C. Martin D. Ginsburg
Martin D. Ginsburg was a prominent American tax lawyer and law professor, noted both for his influential scholarship in tax law and his supportive partnership with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
D. Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
E. William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist was a long-serving conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and later Chief Justice, known for advocating federalism, limiting the reach of federal power, and opposing expansive interpretations of constitutional rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy	Gerald Ford ⓘ
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
barAdmission	Illinois ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
child	Elizabeth Stevens ⓘ John Joseph Stevens ⓘ Kathryn Stevens ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1920-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2019-07-16 ⓘ
educatedAt	Northwestern University ⓘ Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law ⓘ linked to: Pritzker School of Law University of Chicago ⓘ University of Chicago Laboratory Schools ⓘ
endTime	2010-06-29 ⓘ
familyName	Stevens ⓘ
fullName	John Paul Stevens ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
knownFor	independent judicial philosophy ⓘ influential dissenting opinions ⓘ liberal-leaning jurisprudence in later years ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant junior grade ⓘ
notableWork	The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years ⓘ dissent in Bush v. Gore ⓘ linked to: Bush v. Gore opinion in Atkins v. Virginia ⓘ opinion in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ⓘ opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ⓘ opinion in Rasul v. Bush ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment	independent ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
precededBy	William O. Douglas ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Jane Shereen ⓘ Maryan Mulholland Simon ⓘ
startTime	1975-12-19 ⓘ
succeededBy	Elena Kagan ⓘ
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Referenced by (270)

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

Bush v. Gore → dissentingJustice → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion → joinedBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent → joinedBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Gerald Ford administration → judicialAppointment → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Gonzales v. Raich → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Comstock → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Craig v. Boren → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Craig v. Boren → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan → dissentingOpinionBy → Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ

linked to: John Paul Stevens

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

ABA Medal → hasRecipient → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → dissentingJoiner → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → joinedMajority → Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ

linked to: John Paul Stevens

Printz v. United States → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Planned Parenthood v. Casey → concurringInPartBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → dissentingJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

National League of Cities v. Usery → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Saenz v. Roe → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

John Paul Stevens → fullName → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Stevens → hasNotableBearer → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Clinton v. Jones → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → justiceAdministeringOathToVicePresident → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → dissentingJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

INS v. Chadha → joinedMajority → Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ

linked to: John Paul Stevens

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → joinedBreyerDissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → joinedByInPart → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

William O. Douglas → succeededBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

subject linked to: Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Lynch v. Donnelly → hasDissentBy → Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ

linked to: John Paul Stevens

Lee v. Weisman → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Lee v. Weisman → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → dissentingJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Van Orden v. Perry → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Cutter v. Wilkinson → hasJusticeOnCourt → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → majorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Dickerson v. United States → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

University of Chicago Law School → hasNotableAlumnus → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Morrison → joinedDissent → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

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