United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Minnesota.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota canonical	21
District of Minnesota	1
United States federal judicial district of Minnesota	1
federal judicial district of Minnesota	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T621023 — 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 Minnesota
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota]

A. United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Iowa.
B. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of the state of Iowa.
C. 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.
D. United States District Court for the District of Alaska
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.
E. United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in several Midwestern states, including Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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 Minnesota
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Minnesota.

A. United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Iowa.
B. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of the state of Iowa.
C. 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.
D. United States District Court for the District of Alaska
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.
E. United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in several Midwestern states, including Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	D. Minn. ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
authorizedJudgeships	7 ⓘ
cityServed	Duluth, Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Duluth Fergus Falls, Minnesota ⓘ Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Minneapolis Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdBy	Act of Congress ⓘ
established	May 11, 1858 ⓘ
governingLaw	United States Code ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ local rules of the District of Minnesota ⓘ
handles	bankruptcy appeals ⓘ civil cases arising under federal law ⓘ criminal cases arising under federal law ⓘ federal administrative appeals ⓘ habeas corpus petitions ⓘ
hasAssociatedOffice	United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota ⓘ linked to: United States Attorney’s Offices United States Marshals Service for the District of Minnesota ⓘ linked to: United States Marshals Service
hasCourthouse	Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse ⓘ Edward J. Devitt U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building ⓘ Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse ⓘ Warren E. Burger Federal Building and United States Courthouse ⓘ
hasJudgeType	Article III judge ⓘ magistrate judge ⓘ senior judge ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Minneapolis
hearsAppealsFrom	United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ linked to: United States bankruptcy courts
jurisdiction	Minnesota ⓘ
jurisdictionType	civil jurisdiction ⓘ criminal jurisdiction ⓘ diversity jurisdiction ⓘ federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Minnesota ⓘ
partOf	United States federal court system ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
seal	Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ
subordinateTo	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
typeOfCourt	trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ
uses	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ linked to: United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts

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Referenced by (24)

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

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota → jurisdiction → District of Minnesota ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota → jurisdiction → federal judicial district of Minnesota ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota → primaryCourt → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. → court → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Rensselaer Russell Nelson → memberOf → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Rensselaer Russell Nelson → workLocation → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse → locatedIn → United States federal judicial district of Minnesota ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse → occupant → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota → represents → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Warren E. Burger Federal Building and United States Courthouse → occupant → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Edward J. Devitt U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building → locatedInJurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Edward J. Devitt U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building → occupant → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

D. Minn. → fullName → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

D. Minn. → abbreviationFor → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota → appearsIn → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota → litigatesIn → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

State of Minnesota in civil litigation → appearsIn → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Diana E. Murphy → memberOf → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

subject linked to: Judge Diana E. Murphy

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota → appealsTo → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

Edward J. Devitt → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

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