Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson
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Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson was the state’s legal action, brought in the name of Minnesota by its then–Hennepin County Attorney (later governor) Floyd B. Olson, to enforce a public nuisance law against the publishers in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Near v. Minnesota.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7476571 — 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: Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson Context triple: [Near v. Minnesota, respondent, Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson]
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A.
Frank Hibbing
Frank Hibbing was an early settler and prominent figure in Minnesota after whom the city of Hibbing was named.
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B.
Governor Olson
Governor Olson is the honorific title used for Culbert Olson, who served as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943.
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C.
Ferdinand Peck
Ferdinand Peck was a prominent Chicago businessman and philanthropist best known for promoting and financing the city’s Auditorium Building as a grand civic and cultural center.
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D.
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler was a prominent early-20th-century U.S. senator from Montana known for his progressive politics, opposition to corporate power, and frequent clashes with presidential authority.
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E.
Everett Franklin Lindquist
Everett Franklin Lindquist was an American educator and measurement expert best known for pioneering standardized testing, including developing the ACT college entrance exam.
- 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: Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson Target entity description: Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson was the state’s legal action, brought in the name of Minnesota by its then–Hennepin County Attorney (later governor) Floyd B. Olson, to enforce a public nuisance law against the publishers in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Near v. Minnesota.
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A.
Frank Hibbing
Frank Hibbing was an early settler and prominent figure in Minnesota after whom the city of Hibbing was named.
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B.
Governor Olson
Governor Olson is the honorific title used for Culbert Olson, who served as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943.
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C.
Ferdinand Peck
Ferdinand Peck was a prominent Chicago businessman and philanthropist best known for promoting and financing the city’s Auditorium Building as a grand civic and cultural center.
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D.
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler was a prominent early-20th-century U.S. senator from Montana known for his progressive politics, opposition to corporate power, and frequent clashes with presidential authority.
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E.
Everett Franklin Lindquist
Everett Franklin Lindquist was an American educator and measurement expert best known for pioneering standardized testing, including developing the ACT college entrance exam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal action
ⓘ
party in Near v. Minnesota ⓘ state court proceeding ⓘ |
| broughtBy |
State of Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota
|
| caseNameContext | Near v. Minnesota ⓘ |
| constitutionalContext | First Amendment freedom of the press ⓘ |
| courtOfOrigin |
Minnesota state court
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota state courts
|
| historicalSignificance | central to landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting prior restraints on the press ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota
|
| legalBasis | Minnesota public nuisance law ⓘ |
| legalIssue | constitutionality of prior restraint under a public nuisance statute ⓘ |
| legalTheory | public nuisance ⓘ |
| opposedParty |
Howard A. Guilford
ⓘ
Jay M. Near ⓘ |
| partyType | ex rel. action ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | state action reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Near v. Minnesota ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
ⓘ
linked to:
Near v. Minnesota
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| relator | Floyd B. Olson ⓘ |
| relatorLaterOffice | Governor of Minnesota ⓘ |
| relatorOffice | Hennepin County Attorney ⓘ |
| roleInNearV.Minnesota | appellee in the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| seeksTo | enforce public nuisance law against publishers ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | press publications alleged to be scandalous and defamatory ⓘ |
| target | publishers of The Saturday Press ⓘ |
| targetRole | publishers ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson Description of subject: Minnesota ex rel. Floyd B. Olson was the state’s legal action, brought in the name of Minnesota by its then–Hennepin County Attorney (later governor) Floyd B. Olson, to enforce a public nuisance law against the publishers in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Near v. Minnesota.
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