Stone v. Mississippi
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Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stone v. Mississippi canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3133471 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stone v. Mississippi Context triple: [Morrison R. Waite, presidedOver, Stone v. Mississippi]
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Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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Edwards v. South Carolina
Edwards v. South Carolina is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned the breach-of-the-peace convictions of civil rights demonstrators, affirming their First Amendment rights to peaceful protest and assembly.
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Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
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E.
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down a city ordinance that gave officials broad discretion to deny parade permits, reinforcing First Amendment protections for civil rights demonstrators.
- 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: Stone v. Mississippi Target entity description: Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
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A.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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B.
Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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C.
Edwards v. South Carolina
Edwards v. South Carolina is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned the breach-of-the-peace convictions of civil rights demonstrators, affirming their First Amendment rights to peaceful protest and assembly.
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D.
Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
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E.
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down a city ordinance that gave officials broad discretion to deny parade permits, reinforcing First Amendment protections for civil rights demonstrators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century court case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ legal case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
contract law ⓘ state police power ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | judicial branch of the United States ⓘ |
| citation | 101 U.S. 814 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Contract Clause ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1880 ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority opinion ⓘ |
| defendant | State of Mississippi ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Stone v. Mississippi ⓘ |
| holding |
A state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power.
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Mississippi could prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims. ⓘ The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries. ⓘ |
| impact | limited the ability of private parties to rely on state contracts that restrict future exercises of police power. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Contract Clause of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution
scope of state police power ⓘ validity of lottery charter ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 814 ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Stone ⓘ |
| principleEstablished |
Police power is a continuing power that cannot be contracted away.
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State legislatures cannot bargain away or irrepealably surrender essential attributes of sovereignty. ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Contract Clause jurisprudence
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police power ⓘ state regulation of gambling ⓘ |
| result | Mississippi's prohibition of the lottery was upheld. ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Mississippi ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
lottery regulation
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state regulatory authority ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| topic |
lotteries
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public morals regulation ⓘ state sovereignty ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 101 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Stone v. Mississippi Description of subject: Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
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