Supreme Court of Maryland
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The Supreme Court of Maryland is the state's court of last resort, responsible for issuing final interpretations of Maryland law and overseeing the state judiciary.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Supreme Court of Maryland canonical | 24 |
| Maryland Court of Appeals | 14 |
| Court of Appeals of Maryland | 2 |
| Maryland Supreme Court | 2 |
| Maryland Court of Appeals en banc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T208355 — 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: Supreme Court of Maryland Context triple: [Government of Maryland, highestCourt, Supreme Court of Maryland]
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A.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
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B.
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands is the highest appellate court for the U.S. Virgin Islands, overseeing the territory’s judicial system and interpreting its laws and constitution.
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C.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is the highest appellate court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, serving as its court of last resort and one of the oldest continuously functioning appellate courts in the United States.
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D.
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
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E.
Supreme Court of California
The Supreme Court of California is the state's highest judicial authority, serving as the court of last resort and overseeing the interpretation of California law and the state constitution.
- 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: Supreme Court of Maryland Target entity description: The Supreme Court of Maryland is the state's court of last resort, responsible for issuing final interpretations of Maryland law and overseeing the state judiciary.
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A.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
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B.
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands is the highest appellate court for the U.S. Virgin Islands, overseeing the territory’s judicial system and interpreting its laws and constitution.
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C.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is the highest appellate court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, serving as its court of last resort and one of the oldest continuously functioning appellate courts in the United States.
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D.
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
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E.
Supreme Court of California
The Supreme Court of California is the state's highest judicial authority, serving as the court of last resort and overseeing the interpretation of California law and the state constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court of last resort
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judicial body ⓘ state supreme court ⓘ |
| appealsFrom | Appellate Court of Maryland ⓘ |
| applies | Maryland Rules ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Maryland ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Governor of Maryland ⓘ |
| appointmentRequires | consent of the Maryland Senate ⓘ |
| bindingAuthorityOn | all other Maryland state courts ⓘ |
| building | Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building ⓘ |
| buildingUse |
clerk’s offices
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courtroom for oral arguments ⓘ judicial chambers ⓘ |
| composition | one chief justice and six associate justices ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| courtSystem | Maryland state court system ⓘ |
| courtType | appellate court ⓘ |
| decisionsCanBeReviewedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| establishedInPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| formerName |
Maryland Court of Appeals
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linked to:
Supreme Court of Maryland
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| governmentBranch | judicial branch of Maryland ⓘ |
| handles |
appeals on questions of law
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constitutional questions under Maryland law ⓘ final interpretation of Maryland statutes ⓘ |
| hasAuthority |
adoption of rules of practice and procedure for Maryland courts
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judicial review of state laws under the Maryland Constitution ⓘ |
| hasClerk | Clerk of the Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfPositions | 7 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.mdcourts.gov ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentBody | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ |
| hearsCasesEnBanc | true ⓘ |
| highestCourtInJurisdiction | Maryland ⓘ |
| interprets |
Constitution of Maryland
ⓘ
Maryland common law ⓘ Maryland statutory law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Anne Arundel County
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| location |
Annapolis, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Annapolis
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| nativeName | Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ |
| oversees |
Maryland Judiciary
ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Maryland
admission to the Maryland Bar ⓘ attorney discipline in Maryland ⓘ lower state courts of Maryland ⓘ |
| partOf | Judiciary of Maryland ⓘ |
| shortName |
Maryland Supreme Court
ⓘ
linked to:
Supreme Court of Maryland
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Supreme Court of Maryland Description of subject: The Supreme Court of Maryland is the state's court of last resort, responsible for issuing final interpretations of Maryland law and overseeing the state judiciary.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Judiciary Department
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Finance and Taxation
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