United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

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United States district court federal trial court

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

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Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri canonical	7
United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Missouri	1
United States District Court for the District of Missouri	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T621025 — 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 Missouri
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri]

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

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

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
additionalLocation	Jefferson City, Missouri ⓘ Springfield, Missouri ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
circuit	Eighth Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
country	United States of America ⓘ
courtType	trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ
employs	United States district judges ⓘ linked to: United States federal judges United States magistrate judges ⓘ linked to: United States Magistrate Judges clerks of court ⓘ court staff ⓘ
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 of the United States ⓘ
handles	bankruptcy appeals ⓘ cases involving federal statutes ⓘ cases involving the United States Constitution ⓘ cases where the United States is a party ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ
hasClerkOffice	Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ linked to: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasType	Article III court ⓘ
hears	bench trials ⓘ jury trials ⓘ
jurisdiction	Western District of Missouri ⓘ linked to: Western Missouri federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ
locatedIn	State of Missouri ⓘ linked to: Missouri
partOf	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
regionServed	western region of Missouri ⓘ
seat	Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ linked to: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
subdivisionOf	United States District Court for the District of Missouri ⓘ linked to: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
subjectArea	administrative law cases involving federal agencies ⓘ civil rights cases under federal law ⓘ federal civil law ⓘ federal criminal law ⓘ federal employment law cases ⓘ federal environmental law cases ⓘ federal intellectual property cases ⓘ federal securities law cases ⓘ
subjectTo	judicial review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ review by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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 Western District of Missouri ⓘ

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri → subdivisionOf → United States District Court for the District of Missouri ⓘ

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

Temple Lot Case → court → United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ

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

William Woods (Missouri judge) → employer → United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ

subject linked to: William Woods

Hensley v. Eckerhart → originatingCourt → United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri → represents → United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri → usedBy → United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri → owner → United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri → designAuthority → United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ

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