Wolf v. Colorado
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Wolf v. Colorado was a 1949 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment’s exclusionary rule did not apply to the states, a position later reversed by Mapp v. Ohio.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wolf v. Colorado canonical | 7 |
| Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949) | 2 |
| Julius A. Wolf v. People of the State of Colorado | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T756437 — 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: Wolf v. Colorado Context triple: [Mapp v. Ohio, overruledPrecedent, Wolf v. Colorado]
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A.
Colorado Department of State v. Baca
Colorado Department of State v. Baca is a U.S. federal court case addressing whether states can remove or sanction presidential electors who refuse to vote in accordance with their state's popular vote in the Electoral College.
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B.
South Dakota v. Dole
South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
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C.
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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D.
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Montana’s higher elk-hunting license fees for nonresidents and narrowed the scope of the Privileges and Immunities Clause to exclude purely recreational activities.
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E.
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.
- 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: Wolf v. Colorado Target entity description: Wolf v. Colorado was a 1949 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment’s exclusionary rule did not apply to the states, a position later reversed by Mapp v. Ohio.
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A.
Colorado Department of State v. Baca
Colorado Department of State v. Baca is a U.S. federal court case addressing whether states can remove or sanction presidential electors who refuse to vote in accordance with their state's popular vote in the Electoral College.
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B.
South Dakota v. Dole
South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
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C.
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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D.
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Montana’s higher elk-hunting license fees for nonresidents and narrowed the scope of the Privileges and Immunities Clause to exclude purely recreational activities.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourth Amendment case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| argued | 1948-10-19 ⓘ |
| citation | 338 U.S. 25 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy | Hugo L. Black ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
U.S. Const. amend. IV
ⓘ
U.S. Const. amend. XIV ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedBy | Vincent C. Black Court ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1949-06-27 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Frank Murphy
ⓘ
linked to:
Justice Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| fullName |
Julius A. Wolf v. People of the State of Colorado
ⓘ
linked to:
Wolf v. Colorado
|
| holding |
The Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures applies to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
The exclusionary rule is not required by the Fourteenth Amendment as a remedy for Fourth Amendment violations by state officials ⓘ |
| impact |
Contributed to the development of selective incorporation jurisprudence
ⓘ
Permitted states to admit evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment until 1961 ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Fred M. Vinson
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
Harold H. Burton ⓘ Sherman Minton ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Colorado
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado
|
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Fourth Amendment
ⓘ
exclusionary rule ⓘ incorporation doctrine ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Felix Frankfurter ⓘ |
| overruledBy | Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ |
| overruledByCitation | 367 U.S. 643 ⓘ |
| page | 25 ⓘ |
| party |
Julius A. Wolf
ⓘ
People of the State of Colorado ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado
|
| reargued | 1949-01-18 ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Mapp v. Ohio
ⓘ
Rochin v. California ⓘ Weeks v. United States ⓘ |
| reporter |
U.S.
ⓘ
linked to:
US
|
| result | Judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed ⓘ |
| stateCourt | Colorado Supreme Court ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | admissibility of illegally obtained evidence in state courts ⓘ |
| subsequentHistory | Overruled on the exclusionary rule issue by Mapp v. Ohio in 1961 ⓘ |
| volume | 338 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1949 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wolf v. Colorado Description of subject: Wolf v. Colorado was a 1949 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment’s exclusionary rule did not apply to the states, a position later reversed by Mapp v. Ohio.
Referenced by (10)
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