Bailey v. Patterson
E373215
Bailey v. Patterson is a 1962 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in transportation facilities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bailey v. Patterson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3615233 — 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: Bailey v. Patterson Context triple: [Boynton v. Virginia, relatedCase, Bailey v. Patterson]
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A.
Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
Patterson v. McLean Credit Union is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowly interpreted federal employment discrimination protections, prompting Congress to expand and clarify those rights in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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B.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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C.
Baker v. Nelson
Baker v. Nelson was a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that summarily dismissed a same-sex marriage claim, effectively allowing states to ban such marriages until it was later overturned by Obergefell v. Hodges.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Lau v. Nichols
Lau v. Nichols is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public schools must take affirmative steps to help non-English-speaking students overcome language barriers to ensure equal educational opportunity under federal civil rights law.
- 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: Bailey v. Patterson Target entity description: Bailey v. Patterson is a 1962 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in transportation facilities.
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A.
Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
Patterson v. McLean Credit Union is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowly interpreted federal employment discrimination protections, prompting Congress to expand and clarify those rights in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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B.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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C.
Baker v. Nelson
Baker v. Nelson was a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that summarily dismissed a same-sex marriage claim, effectively allowing states to ban such marriages until it was later overturned by Obergefell v. Hodges.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Lau v. Nichols
Lau v. Nichols is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public schools must take affirmative steps to help non-English-speaking students overcome language barriers to ensure equal educational opportunity under federal civil rights law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
landmark civil rights case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence
ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ interstate commerce and segregation ⓘ |
| citation | 369 U.S. 31 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Commerce Clause
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| courtOpinionType | per curiam opinion ⓘ |
| decisionBy |
Warren Court
ⓘ
linked to:
Warren Court era
|
| decisionDate | 1962-02-19 ⓘ |
| decisionType | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Bailey v. Patterson ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
public accommodations
ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ state action doctrine ⓘ |
| holding |
State laws requiring racial segregation in transportation facilities are unconstitutional on their face
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Three-judge district courts are not required where the constitutional issue is insubstantial because it has been foreclosed by prior decisions ⓘ |
| impact |
limited the need for three-judge district courts in cases controlled by existing Supreme Court precedent
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strengthened federal protection against racial segregation in interstate transportation ⓘ |
| isAbout | constitutionality of state-enforced segregation in transportation facilities ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
availability of three-judge district court
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constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in transportation facilities ⓘ racial segregation in interstate transportation ⓘ |
| locatedInLegalReporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| overruledOrInvalidated | state statutes requiring segregation in transportation facilities ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 31 ⓘ |
| party |
Bailey
ⓘ
Patterson ⓘ |
| precedentReliedOn |
Boynton v. Virginia
ⓘ
Mitchell v. United States ⓘ Morgan v. Virginia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Jim Crow laws
ⓘ
desegregation of interstate travel ⓘ racial segregation in public transportation ⓘ |
| result | state segregation laws in transportation declared invalid on their face ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
enforcement of federal desegregation rulings in transportation
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segregation in bus and other transportation terminals ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Civil Rights Movement era ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 369 ⓘ |
| yearOfDecision | 1962 ⓘ |
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Subject: Bailey v. Patterson Description of subject: Bailey v. Patterson is a 1962 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in transportation facilities.
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