Romer v. Evans
E90996
Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Romer v. Evans canonical | 7 |
| Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996) | 2 |
| Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 | 1 |
| Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Evans et al. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752721 — 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: Romer v. Evans Context triple: [Equal Protection Clause, basisFor, Romer v. Evans]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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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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D.
Grovey v. Townsend
Grovey v. Townsend was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule, later repudiated as unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting.
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E.
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.
- 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: Romer v. Evans Target entity description: Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
Grovey v. Townsend
Grovey v. Townsend was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule, later repudiated as unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT rights case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
bisexual people
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gay people ⓘ lesbian people ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
LGBT rights law
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civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1995-10-10 ⓘ |
| challengedProvision | Colorado Amendment 2 ⓘ |
| citation | 517 U.S. 620 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Equal Protection Clause
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| decidingCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1996-05-20 ⓘ |
| dissentingJustices |
Antonin Scalia
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Clarence Thomas ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| dissentOpinionBy | Antonin Scalia ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 94-1039 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName |
Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Evans et al.
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linked to:
Romer v. Evans
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| hasJurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| holding |
A state cannot single out homosexual and bisexual persons and deny them protection across the board
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Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| languageOfOpinion | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
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| majorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ |
| originatingState | Colorado ⓘ |
| precedentFor | LGBT equal protection jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| reasoning | law based on animus toward a class of persons lacks a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest ⓘ |
| result | Colorado Amendment 2 was struck down as unconstitutional ⓘ |
| standardOfReviewDiscussed | rational basis review ⓘ |
| term | 1995 term of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| topic |
anti-discrimination protections
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sexual orientation discrimination ⓘ state constitutional amendments ⓘ |
| vote | 6-3 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1996 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Romer v. Evans Description of subject: Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Romer v. Evans
linked to: Romer v. Evans
linked to: Romer v. Evans
Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause
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sourceCaseCitation
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Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
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linked to: Romer v. Evans