Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the protection of corporate charters as contracts under the Constitution, limiting states’ power to alter them.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dartmouth College v. Woodward canonical | 12 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward | 2 |
| Dartmouth College case | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T635141 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dartmouth College v. Woodward Context triple: [John Marshall, notableWork, Dartmouth College v. Woodward]
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Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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C.
Lee v. Weisman
Lee v. Weisman is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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D.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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E.
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
- 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: Dartmouth College v. Woodward Target entity description: Dartmouth College v. Woodward is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the protection of corporate charters as contracts under the Constitution, limiting states’ power to alter them.
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A.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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B.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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C.
Lee v. Weisman
Lee v. Weisman is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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D.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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E.
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ contract law case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ |
| aroseInState | New Hampshire ⓘ |
| hasChiefJustice | John Marshall ⓘ |
| hasCitation |
17 U.S. 518
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4 Wheat. 518 ⓘ |
| hasConcurringJustice |
Bushrod Washington
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Gabriel Duvall ⓘ Joseph Story ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalProvision | Contract Clause ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalText | Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| hasCounsel |
Daniel Webster
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William Wirt ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1819-02-02 ⓘ |
| hasDecisionYear | 1819 ⓘ |
| hasDissentingJustice |
Brockholst Livingston
ⓘ
Thomas Todd ⓘ William Johnson ⓘ |
| hasEra | Marshall Court ⓘ |
| hasFullName |
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
ⓘ
linked to:
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
|
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
contributed to the development of American corporate law
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limited state power over private economic arrangements ⓘ strengthened protection of private corporations from state control ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
scope of the Contract Clause
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whether a state can alter or revoke a private corporate charter ⓘ |
| hasMajorityAuthor | John Marshall ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | judgment for Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| hasReargumentDate |
1818-03-10
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1818-03-12 ⓘ 1818-03-20 ⓘ 1818-03-21 ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | William H. Woodward ⓘ |
| hasShortName |
Dartmouth College case
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linked to:
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
|
| hasSubjectArea |
constitutional law
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contract law ⓘ corporate law ⓘ |
| hasVote | 5–1 ⓘ |
| held |
a private corporate charter is protected from unilateral state interference
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corporate charters are contracts under the Contract Clause ⓘ states may not impair the obligation of contracts by altering corporate charters ⓘ |
| involvesEntity |
Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College
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Dartmouth College ⓘ State of New Hampshire ⓘ
linked to:
New Hampshire
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dartmouth College v. Woodward Description of subject: Dartmouth College v. Woodward is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the protection of corporate charters as contracts under the Constitution, limiting states’ power to alter them.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dartmouth College v. Woodward
linked to: Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution
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hasNotableCase
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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subject linked to:
Charles River Bridge et al. v. Warren Bridge et al.
linked to: Dartmouth College v. Woodward