Justice George Sutherland
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Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
All labels observed (1)
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| Justice George Sutherland canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T85298 — 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: Justice George Sutherland Context triple: [Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, dissentingJustice, Justice George Sutherland]
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Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
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Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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Justice James C. McReynolds
Justice James C. McReynolds was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941), known for his opposition to New Deal legislation and his often abrasive, reactionary judicial and personal views.
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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.
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John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall is an American lawyer and public official best known for serving as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and as the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
- 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 George Sutherland Target entity description: Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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A.
Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
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B.
Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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C.
Justice James C. McReynolds
Justice James C. McReynolds was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941), known for his opposition to New Deal legislation and his often abrasive, reactionary judicial and personal views.
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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.
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E.
John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall is an American lawyer and public official best known for serving as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and as the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Warren G. Harding ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1862-03-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-07-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brigham Young Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
Brigham Young University
University of Michigan Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1938-01-17 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sutherland ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
ⓘ
federalism ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| givenName | George ⓘ |
| ideology |
conservatism
ⓘ
judicial conservatism ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conservative jurisprudence
ⓘ
decisions limiting federal regulatory power ⓘ strong view of presidential power in foreign affairs ⓘ support for substantive due process ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
Utah State Bar ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| nominatedBy | Warren G. Harding ⓘ |
| notableWork |
majority opinion in Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)
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majority opinion in United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936) ⓘ opinion in Powell v. Alabama (1932) ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Four Horsemen (conservative bloc on the U.S. Supreme Court)
ⓘ
linked to:
Four Horsemen (Supreme Court)
|
| placeOfBirth |
Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
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linked to:
Stony Stratford
|
| placeOfDeath |
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
|
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah ⓘ United States Senator from Utah ⓘ |
| precededBy | John Hessin Clarke (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) ⓘ |
| religion |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (background/affiliation in youth)
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linked to:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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| represented | Utah ⓘ |
| residence |
Utah, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Utah
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Rosamond Lee ⓘ |
| startTime | 1922-10-02 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Stanley Forman Reed (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) ⓘ |
| termEndAsRepresentative | 1903-03-03 ⓘ |
| termEndAsSenator | 1917-03-03 ⓘ |
| termStartAsRepresentative | 1901-03-04 ⓘ |
| termStartAsSenator | 1905-03-04 ⓘ |
| workedAs | private practice attorney in Utah ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Justice George Sutherland Description of subject: Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
Referenced by (5)
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