United States District Court for the District of Alaska
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The United States District Court for the District of Alaska is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the state of Alaska.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T587405 — 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 District of Alaska Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reviewsDecisionsOf, United States District Court for the District of Alaska]
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United States District Court for the District of Montana
The United States District Court for the District of Montana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Montana.
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B.
United States District Court for the District of Idaho
The United States District Court for the District of Idaho is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Idaho.
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C.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Washington State.
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District of Alaska
The District of Alaska was the U.S. civil and military administrative district that governed Alaska after its purchase from Russia and before it became an organized U.S. territory.
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E.
Alaska Supreme Court
The Alaska Supreme Court is the state's highest appellate court, responsible for interpreting the Alaska Constitution and overseeing the administration of justice in Alaska’s judicial system.
- 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 District of Alaska Target entity description: The United States District Court for the District of Alaska is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the state of Alaska.
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A.
United States District Court for the District of Montana
The United States District Court for the District of Montana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Montana.
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B.
United States District Court for the District of Idaho
The United States District Court for the District of Idaho is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Idaho.
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C.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Washington State.
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District of Alaska
The District of Alaska was the U.S. civil and military administrative district that governed Alaska after its purchase from Russia and before it became an organized U.S. territory.
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Alaska Supreme Court
The Alaska Supreme Court is the state's highest appellate court, responsible for interpreting the Alaska Constitution and overseeing the administration of justice in Alaska’s judicial system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States district court
ⓘ
federal trial court ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
D. Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Alaska
|
| alsoKnownAs |
D. Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Alaska
|
| appealsTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ |
| authorizedJudgeships | 3 ⓘ |
| branchOf | Judicial branch of the United States government ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
United States District Court Clerk’s Office for the District of Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
United States District Court Clerk’s Office
|
| establishedAsStatehoodCourt | 1959 ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| handles |
admiralty and maritime cases
ⓘ
cases arising under the United States Constitution ⓘ cases involving federal regulations ⓘ cases involving federal statutes ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ |
| hasChiefJudge | Sharon L. Gleason ⓘ |
| hasClerkOfCourt | federal court clerk for the District of Alaska ⓘ |
| hasCourthouse | James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse and Federal Building ⓘ |
| hasJudge |
Joshua M. Kindred
ⓘ
Sharon L. Gleason ⓘ Timothy M. Burgess ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Anchorage, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Anchorage
Fairbanks, Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
Fairbanks
Juneau, Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
Juneau
Ketchikan, Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
Ketchikan
|
| hasSeniorJudge |
H. Russel Holland
ⓘ
Ralph R. Beistline ⓘ |
| hasType | Article III court ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.akd.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ |
| hears |
bankruptcy appeals
ⓘ
federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Alaska
federal law ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Alaska ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ninth Circuit
ⓘ
United States federal judiciary ⓘ
linked to:
federal judiciary of the United States
|
| precededBy | United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska ⓘ |
| regionServed | entire state of Alaska ⓘ |
| seat |
Anchorage, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Anchorage
|
| subjectTo | review by the United States Supreme Court ⓘ |
| uses |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
ⓘ
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
linked to:
rules of evidence for the federal courts
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United States District Court for the District of Alaska Description of subject: The United States District Court for the District of Alaska is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the state of Alaska.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
→
reviewsDecisionsOf
→
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
ⓘ
linked to: United States District Court for the District of Alaska
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
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precededBy
→
United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska
ⓘ
linked to: United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Alaska District Courts
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distinguishedFrom
→
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
ⓘ
James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse and Federal Building
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houses
→
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
ⓘ
Joshua M. Kindred
→
officeHeldIn
→
United States District Court for the District of Alaska courthouse
ⓘ
linked to: United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of Alaska
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jurisdiction
→
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
ⓘ
Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
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originatedFrom
→
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
ⓘ
subject linked to:
US Supreme Court case Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker