United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

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United States district court federal trial court

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana canonical	16
Southern District of Indiana	10

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T718963 — 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 Indiana
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana]

A. United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Indiana.
B. United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of Ohio.
C. United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
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.
D. Judiciary of Indiana
The Judiciary of Indiana is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting Indiana law and administering justice through its network of trial and appellate courts.
E. 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.
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 Indiana
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of the state of Indiana.

A. United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Indiana.
B. United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of Ohio.
C. United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
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.
D. Judiciary of Indiana
The Judiciary of Indiana is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting Indiana law and administering justice through its network of trial and appellate courts.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ
appliesLaw	United States federal law ⓘ federal civil law ⓘ federal criminal law ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
employs	United States district judges ⓘ United States magistrate judges ⓘ United States probation officers ⓘ clerks of court ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
handles	bankruptcy appeals ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	S.D. Ind. ⓘ
hasCategory	Federal courts in Indiana ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ
hasCourthouse	Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse ⓘ
hasLocation	Evansville, Indiana ⓘ linked to: Evansville, Indiana, United States New Albany, Indiana ⓘ Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.insd.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ
hasType	trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ
hears	bench trials ⓘ jury trials ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana ⓘ
hearsCasesFrom	Evansville Division ⓘ Indianapolis Division ⓘ New Albany Division ⓘ Terre Haute Division ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ southern region of Indiana ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Indiana ⓘ Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ linked to: Indianapolis
partOf	Seventh Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
seat	Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ linked to: Indianapolis
subordinateTo	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ judicial branch of the United States government ⓘ
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 (26)

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 Indiana ⓘ

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

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana → jurisdiction → Southern District of Indiana ⓘ