United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Tennessee.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee canonical	15
Western District of Tennessee courthouses	1
Western District of Tennessee federal judicial district	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T561320 — 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: United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee]

A. United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Tennessee.
B. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Tennessee.
C. United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Kentucky.
D. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Kentucky.
E. United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Mississippi.
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: United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Tennessee.

A. United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Tennessee.
B. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Tennessee.
C. United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Kentucky.
D. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Kentucky.
E. United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Mississippi.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	W.D. Tenn. ⓘ
additionalCourthouseLocation	Jackson, Tennessee ⓘ
appealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governingLaw	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ linked to: United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ
handles	bankruptcy appeals ⓘ cases involving federal agencies ⓘ cases involving federal statutes ⓘ cases involving the United States Constitution ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ
hasArticle	Article III court ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ
hasClerk	Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ
hasDivision	Eastern Division ⓘ Western Division ⓘ
hasMagistrateJudges	United States magistrate judges for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	official website of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ
jurisdiction	Western District of Tennessee ⓘ linked to: West Tennessee federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
levelOfCourt	trial level ⓘ
locatedIn	Tennessee ⓘ
mainCourthouseLocation	Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
partOf	United States District Courts ⓘ linked to: United States district courts federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
regionServed	western region of Tennessee ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
subjectMatter	federal civil procedure ⓘ federal criminal procedure ⓘ
typeOfCourt	trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee → courtSystem → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

Western Division (U.S. District Court, W.D. Tennessee) → partOf → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

subject linked to: Western Division

Western Division (U.S. District Court, W.D. Tennessee) → governingBody → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

subject linked to: Western Division

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → partOf → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → appliesToJurisdiction → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → partOf → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → employer → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → officeLocation → Western District of Tennessee courthouses ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

W.D. Tenn. → refersTo → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

W.D. Tenn. → abbreviationFor → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

W.D. Tenn. → hasFullName → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee → partOf → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee → appealsTo → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

Eastern Division (U.S. District Court, W.D. Tennessee) → partOf → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ

subject linked to: Eastern Division

Eastern Division (U.S. District Court, W.D. Tennessee) → subdivisionOf → Western District of Tennessee federal judicial district ⓘ