Altitude Express Inc.
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Altitude Express Inc. is a New York–based skydiving company best known for its role as the employer-defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, which expanded federal protections against workplace discrimination for LGBTQ employees.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altitude Express Inc. canonical | 1 |
| Altitude Express, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7094426 — 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: Altitude Express Inc. Context triple: [Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, defendant, Altitude Express Inc.]
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A.
Alterra Mountain Company
Alterra Mountain Company is a major North American mountain resort and adventure company that owns and operates a portfolio of prominent ski destinations.
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B.
Alpine Ascents International
Alpine Ascents International is a prominent mountaineering guide service known for leading high-altitude climbs and instructional expeditions on major peaks worldwide.
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C.
Edelweiss Air
Edelweiss Air is a Swiss leisure airline based in Zurich that operates holiday and charter flights to vacation destinations worldwide.
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D.
Altimeter Growth Corp
Altimeter Growth Corp is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Altimeter Capital, known for facilitating Grab’s public listing through a high-profile merger.
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E.
Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas
Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas is an aviation investment company associated with the Spanish regional airline group Binter Canarias.
- 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: Altitude Express Inc. Target entity description: Altitude Express Inc. is a New York–based skydiving company best known for its role as the employer-defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, which expanded federal protections against workplace discrimination for LGBTQ employees.
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A.
Alterra Mountain Company
Alterra Mountain Company is a major North American mountain resort and adventure company that owns and operates a portfolio of prominent ski destinations.
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B.
Alpine Ascents International
Alpine Ascents International is a prominent mountaineering guide service known for leading high-altitude climbs and instructional expeditions on major peaks worldwide.
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C.
Edelweiss Air
Edelweiss Air is a Swiss leisure airline based in Zurich that operates holiday and charter flights to vacation destinations worldwide.
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D.
Altimeter Growth Corp
Altimeter Growth Corp is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Altimeter Capital, known for facilitating Grab’s public listing through a high-profile merger.
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E.
Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas
Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas is an aviation investment company associated with the Spanish regional airline group Binter Canarias.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
employer ⓘ |
| activity |
operating skydiving operations in New York
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providing recreational skydiving services ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommunity | LGBTQ employees in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithCourt |
U.S. Supreme Court
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linked to:
Supreme Court of the United States
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| associatedWithJurisdiction | federal employment law of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithLaw |
Title VII prohibition on sex discrimination
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linked to:
Title VII
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| associatedWithRight | protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation ⓘ |
| businessType | skydiving company ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeEffect | expanded federal protections against workplace discrimination for LGBTQ employees ⓘ |
| caseType | employment discrimination case ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| employerOf | Donald Zarda ⓘ |
| hasLegalPrecedent |
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda decision
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linked to:
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
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| industry | skydiving ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| legalIssueInCase |
LGBTQ employment discrimination
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ workplace discrimination ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New York ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the employer-defendant in Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
ⓘ
involvement in landmark LGBTQ employment discrimination case ⓘ |
| partyToCase | Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda ⓘ |
| roleInCase | employer-defendant ⓘ |
| sector | private sector ⓘ |
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: Altitude Express Inc. Description of subject: Altitude Express Inc. is a New York–based skydiving company best known for its role as the employer-defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, which expanded federal protections against workplace discrimination for LGBTQ employees.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.