Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team
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Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation under Title IX when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4863039 — 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)
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Target entity: Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team Context triple: [Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, factualBackground, Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team]
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A.
Mamba Sports Academy girls basketball team
The Mamba Sports Academy girls basketball team was a youth basketball program co-founded by Kobe Bryant that trained and developed young female players, including his daughter Gianna Bryant.
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B.
Japan women's national under-19 basketball team
The Japan women's national under-19 basketball team is the country's junior women's squad that competes in international under-19 basketball tournaments such as the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup.
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C.
Mighty Macs
The Mighty Macs are the historic Immaculata College women’s basketball program renowned for pioneering success in women’s collegiate basketball during the early 1970s.
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D.
United States women's national basketball team
The United States women's national basketball team is the dominant international women's basketball squad representing the U.S., renowned for its multiple Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medals and deep roster of WNBA stars.
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E.
United States women’s national under-19 basketball team
The United States women’s national under-19 basketball team is the junior national squad that represents the U.S. in international under-19 women’s basketball competitions, including FIBA world championships.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team Target entity description: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation under Title IX when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs.
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A.
Mamba Sports Academy girls basketball team
The Mamba Sports Academy girls basketball team was a youth basketball program co-founded by Kobe Bryant that trained and developed young female players, including his daughter Gianna Bryant.
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B.
Japan women's national under-19 basketball team
The Japan women's national under-19 basketball team is the country's junior women's squad that competes in international under-19 basketball tournaments such as the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup.
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C.
Mighty Macs
The Mighty Macs are the historic Immaculata College women’s basketball program renowned for pioneering success in women’s collegiate basketball during the early 1970s.
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D.
United States women's national basketball team
The United States women's national basketball team is the dominant international women's basketball squad representing the U.S., renowned for its multiple Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medals and deep roster of WNBA stars.
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E.
United States women’s national under-19 basketball team
The United States women’s national under-19 basketball team is the junior national squad that represents the U.S. in international under-19 women’s basketball competitions, including FIBA world championships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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landmark Title IX case ⓘ |
| adverseAction | removal from coaching position after complaints ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
anti-discrimination law
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civil rights law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 2004-11-30 ⓘ |
| citation | 544 U.S. 167 ⓘ |
| claimType | retaliation for complaining about sex discrimination ⓘ |
| constitutionalOrStatutoryBasis | federal spending clause legislation ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2005-03-29 ⓘ |
| factualBackground |
After Jackson complained about unequal treatment, he was removed from his coaching position
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Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team ⓘ Roderick Jackson was a girls’ basketball coach at a public high school in Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ |
| federalFundingRequirement | applies to educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ |
| fullName | Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education ⓘ |
| genderEqualityContext | equal athletic opportunities for female students ⓘ |
| holding |
Individuals are protected from retaliation under Title IX when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs
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Title IX’s private right of action encompasses claims of retaliation for complaints about sex discrimination ⓘ |
| impact |
expanded enforcement of Title IX through private lawsuits
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strengthened protections for whistleblowers in educational institutions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| legalIssue |
Title IX retaliation
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linked to:
Title IX
sex discrimination in education ⓘ |
| locationOfEvents |
Birmingham, Alabama
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linked to:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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| lowerCourtOutcome | Eleventh Circuit held that Title IX did not cover retaliation claims by individuals who were not direct victims of discrimination ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
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linked to:
Sandra Day O’Connor
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| partyRoleOfRoderickJackson |
girls’ basketball coach
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high school physical education teacher ⓘ |
| petitioner | Roderick Jackson ⓘ |
| principleEstablished |
Retaliation against a person because they complain of sex discrimination is itself intentional discrimination on the basis of sex
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Title IX protects individuals who complain about sex discrimination even if they are not the direct victims ⓘ |
| programType | educational programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ |
| protectedActivity | complaining to school officials about unequal treatment of the girls’ basketball team ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
private right of action under Title IX
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retaliation as a form of discrimination ⓘ |
| remedyType | damages and injunctive relief under Title IX ⓘ |
| respondent | Birmingham Board of Education ⓘ |
| shortName | Jackson ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted |
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
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linked to:
Title IX
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| subjectMatter |
federal civil rights enforcement in education
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sex discrimination in school athletics ⓘ |
| supremeCourtOutcome | reversed the Eleventh Circuit ⓘ |
| term | 2004 Term ⓘ |
| voteSplit | 5-4 ⓘ |
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: Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team Description of subject: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation under Title IX when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
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factualBackground
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Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team
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