Justice Louis D. Brandeis

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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human lawyer legal scholar progressive

Justice Louis D. Brandeis was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his progressive jurisprudence, advocacy for privacy and free speech, and influential opinions on economic regulation and social justice.

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Label	Occurrences
Louis D. Brandeis	29
Louis Brandeis	18
Justice Louis D. Brandeis canonical	6
Louis Dembitz Brandeis	2
Justice Louis Brandeis	1
Louis Brandeis (relative burials, not the justice himself)	1
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis	1

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Target entity: Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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A. Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
B. Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo was a highly influential Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his progressive jurisprudence and landmark opinions shaping constitutional and common law in the early 20th century.
C. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.
D. 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.
E. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
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: Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Target entity description: Justice Louis D. Brandeis was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his progressive jurisprudence, advocacy for privacy and free speech, and influential opinions on economic regulation and social justice.

A. Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.
B. Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo was a highly influential Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his progressive jurisprudence and landmark opinions shaping constitutional and common law in the early 20th century.
C. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.
D. 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.
E. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ progressive ⓘ
advocated	antitrust enforcement ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ regulation of large corporations ⓘ right to privacy ⓘ social and economic justice ⓘ
almaMater	Harvard Law School ⓘ
appointedBy	President Woodrow Wilson ⓘ linked to: Woodrow Wilson
barAdmission	Kentucky bar ⓘ Massachusetts bar ⓘ
birthDate	1856-11-13 ⓘ
birthPlace	Louisville, Kentucky, United States ⓘ linked to: Louisville, Kentucky
burialPlace	Brandeis University campus, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ linked to: Brandeis University
coAuthorOf	The Right to Privacy (Harvard Law Review article, 1890) ⓘ
coAuthorWith	Samuel D. Warren ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1941-10-05 ⓘ
education	Harvard Law School ⓘ
endTime	1939-02-13 ⓘ
era	Progressive Era ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish American ⓘ linked to: Jewish Americans
familyName	Brandeis ⓘ linked to: Brandeis University
fullName	Louis Dembitz Brandeis ⓘ linked to: Justice Louis D. Brandeis
givenName	Louis ⓘ
graduatedWithHonors	Harvard Law School ⓘ
influenced	American privacy law ⓘ First Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ progressive legal thought ⓘ
knownFor	Brandeis Brief ⓘ advocacy of the right to privacy ⓘ defense of freedom of speech ⓘ opinions on economic regulation ⓘ progressive jurisprudence ⓘ social justice advocacy ⓘ
legalPhilosophy	judicial restraint ⓘ progressive reform ⓘ states as laboratories of democracy ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
namesakeOf	Brandeis University ⓘ
nominatedIn	1916 ⓘ
notableWork	Brandeis Brief in Muller v. Oregon ⓘ linked to: Brandeis Brief Muller v. Oregon brief ⓘ Olmstead v. United States dissent ⓘ Whitney v. California concurrence ⓘ linked to: Whitney v. California
occupation	attorney ⓘ jurist ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ linked to: Washington, D.C.
spouse	Alice Goldmark Brandeis ⓘ
startTime	1916-06-05 ⓘ

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