October Term 2012
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October Term 2012 was the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2012–2013 session, notable for landmark decisions on voting rights, same-sex marriage, and other major constitutional issues.
All labels observed (1)
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| October Term 2012 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752854 — 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: October Term 2012 Context triple: [Shelby County v. Holder, hasTerm, October Term 2012]
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A.
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court
The Appellate Term of the Supreme Court is an intermediate appellate court in New York that primarily hears appeals from lower trial courts such as New York City Civil and Criminal Courts.
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B.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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C.
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States is a historic multi-volume compilation of early U.S. Supreme Court decisions edited and reported by Richard Peters.
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D.
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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E.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- 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: October Term 2012 Target entity description: October Term 2012 was the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2012–2013 session, notable for landmark decisions on voting rights, same-sex marriage, and other major constitutional issues.
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A.
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court
The Appellate Term of the Supreme Court is an intermediate appellate court in New York that primarily hears appeals from lower trial courts such as New York City Civil and Criminal Courts.
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B.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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C.
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States is a historic multi-volume compilation of early U.S. Supreme Court decisions edited and reported by Richard Peters.
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D.
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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E.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: October Term 2012 Description of subject: October Term 2012 was the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2012–2013 session, notable for landmark decisions on voting rights, same-sex marriage, and other major constitutional issues.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.