United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

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United States district court federal trial court

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois canonical	3
Southern District of Illinois	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T718961 — 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 Southern District of Illinois
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois]

A. United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Illinois.
B. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern counties of Illinois, including the Chicago metropolitan area.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern 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 Southern District of Illinois
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of Illinois.

A. United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Illinois.
B. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern counties of Illinois, including the Chicago metropolitan area.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of Mississippi.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ
appliesJurisdictionOver	Southern District of Illinois ⓘ linked to: United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
employs	United States district judges ⓘ United States magistrate judges ⓘ linked to: United States Magistrate Judges
fundedBy	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
governingBody	Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ
hasOfficialName	United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ⓘ
hasPower	conduct bench trials ⓘ conduct jury trials ⓘ enter final judgments ⓘ impose criminal sentences ⓘ issue writs ⓘ
hasSubjectMatterJurisdiction	diversity jurisdiction ⓘ federal question jurisdiction ⓘ supplemental jurisdiction ⓘ
hasType	Article III court ⓘ
hears	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
hearsCasesArisingUnder	United States Constitution ⓘ federal regulations ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Illinois ⓘ
overseenBy	Administrative Office of the United States Courts ⓘ
partOf	United States District Court for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit United States federal judiciary ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States
uses	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ linked to: United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ⓘ

CA7 → hearsAppealsFrom → United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ⓘ

United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois → appliesJurisdictionOver → Southern District of Illinois ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois → hasOfficialName → United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Seventh Circuit (overlapping federal judicial context) → SeventhCircuitJurisdictionIncludes → Southern District of Illinois ⓘ