John Barron
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John Barron was the Baltimore wharf owner whose lawsuit against the city led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Barron v. Baltimore, which clarified that the Bill of Rights initially applied only to the federal government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Barron canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6165869 — 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)
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Target entity: John Barron Context triple: [Barron v. Baltimore, hasParty, John Barron]
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A.
Blaine Manning
Blaine Manning is a former Canadian professional lacrosse forward best known as a star player and multiple-time NLL champion with the Toronto Rock.
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B.
Jon Oberheide
Jon Oberheide is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher best known as the co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, a leading multi-factor authentication and zero-trust security company.
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C.
Brian Binnie
Brian Binnie was an American test pilot and former naval aviator best known for flying SpaceShipOne on its historic X Prize–winning suborbital spaceflight.
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D.
Michael Golden
Michael Golden is an American comic book artist and illustrator renowned for his influential work at Marvel and DC, particularly on titles like The Micronauts and The Nam, and for co-creating characters such as Rogue.
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E.
Jack Heuer
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: John Barron Target entity description: John Barron was the Baltimore wharf owner whose lawsuit against the city led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Barron v. Baltimore, which clarified that the Bill of Rights initially applied only to the federal government.
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A.
Blaine Manning
Blaine Manning is a former Canadian professional lacrosse forward best known as a star player and multiple-time NLL champion with the Toronto Rock.
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B.
Jon Oberheide
Jon Oberheide is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher best known as the co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, a leading multi-factor authentication and zero-trust security company.
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C.
Brian Binnie
Brian Binnie was an American test pilot and former naval aviator best known for flying SpaceShipOne on its historic X Prize–winning suborbital spaceflight.
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D.
Michael Golden
Michael Golden is an American comic book artist and illustrator renowned for his influential work at Marvel and DC, particularly on titles like The Micronauts and The Nam, and for co-creating characters such as Rogue.
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E.
Jack Heuer
Jack Heuer is a Swiss watchmaker and former head of TAG Heuer, best known for modernizing the brand and creating iconic chronograph designs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw | constitutional law ⓘ |
| caseNameAsParty |
Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
ⓘ
linked to:
Barron v. Baltimore
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| citation | 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 ⓘ |
| claimedInjuryFrom | city public works projects ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fifth Amendment ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| courtOfFinalAppeal | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1833 ⓘ |
| defendant |
City of Baltimore
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore
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| filedLawsuitAgainst |
City of Baltimore
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore
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| fullName |
Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
ⓘ
linked to:
Barron v. Baltimore
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| historicalSignificance | central figure in early interpretation of the Bill of Rights ⓘ |
| holding | the Bill of Rights applies only to the federal government, not to the states ⓘ |
| impact | limited the application of the Bill of Rights to federal actions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal judiciary
ⓘ
linked to:
federal judiciary of the United States
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| knownFor | being the plaintiff in Barron v. Baltimore ⓘ |
| lawsuitResultedIn | Barron v. Baltimore ⓘ |
| legalClaim | that Baltimore had taken his property without just compensation ⓘ |
| legalClaimBasedOn | Fifth Amendment Takings Clause ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | non-incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states ⓘ |
| occupation | wharf owner ⓘ |
| opinionBy |
Chief Justice John Marshall
ⓘ
linked to:
John Marshall
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| plaintiff | John Barron ⓘ |
| propertyOwned | wharf in Baltimore harbor ⓘ |
| residence |
Baltimore, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| roleInCase | plaintiff ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | takings and just compensation ⓘ |
| subsequentDevelopment | later partially superseded by incorporation doctrine via the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: John Barron Description of subject: John Barron was the Baltimore wharf owner whose lawsuit against the city led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Barron v. Baltimore, which clarified that the Bill of Rights initially applied only to the federal government.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.