Weeks v. United States
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Weeks v. United States is a landmark 1914 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the federal exclusionary rule, barring evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures from being used in federal prosecutions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Weeks v. United States canonical | 4 |
| Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T756448 — 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: Weeks v. United States Context triple: [Mapp v. Ohio, relatedCase, Weeks v. United States]
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Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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Bond v. United States
Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.
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D.
Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
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E.
Dickerson v. United States
Dickerson v. United States is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that reaffirmed the constitutional basis of Miranda warnings and held that Congress could not overrule Miranda v. Arizona by statute.
- 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: Weeks v. United States Target entity description: Weeks v. United States is a landmark 1914 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the federal exclusionary rule, barring evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures from being used in federal prosecutions.
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A.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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B.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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C.
Bond v. United States
Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.
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D.
Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
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E.
Dickerson v. United States
Dickerson v. United States is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that reaffirmed the constitutional basis of Miranda warnings and held that Congress could not overrule Miranda v. Arizona by statute.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourth Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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criminal procedure ⓘ search and seizure ⓘ |
| charge | using the mails to transport lottery tickets ⓘ |
| citation | 232 U.S. 383 ⓘ |
| citationStyle |
Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914)
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linked to:
Weeks v. United States
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| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1914-02-24 ⓘ |
| doctrine | exclusionary rule (federal) ⓘ |
| factSummary | Federal officers twice entered Fremont Weeks’s home without a warrant and seized papers used to convict him of using the mails to transport lottery tickets. ⓘ |
| fullName | Weeks v. United States ⓘ |
| holding |
Evidence obtained by federal officials through an unconstitutional search and seizure is inadmissible in federal criminal prosecutions.
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The exclusionary rule applies to federal courts under the Fourth Amendment. ⓘ |
| influenced | Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ |
| issue | Whether evidence seized from a home without a warrant by federal officers can be used in a federal prosecution. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
federal exclusionary rule
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suppression of illegally obtained evidence ⓘ |
| locationOfEvents |
Kansas City, Missouri
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linked to:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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| majorityOpinionBy | William R. Day ⓘ |
| opinionAuthor | Justice William R. Day ⓘ |
| overruledInPartBy |
Mapp v. Ohio (to the extent Weeks limited the exclusionary rule to federal cases)
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linked to:
Mapp v. Ohio
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| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 383 ⓘ |
| party |
Fremont Weeks
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| petitioner | Fremont Weeks ⓘ |
| precedentFor | exclusion of illegally obtained evidence in federal courts ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | review of a conviction in a federal district court ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Mapp v. Ohio
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Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States ⓘ Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ |
| remedyRecognized | suppression of unconstitutionally seized evidence ⓘ |
| respondent |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| result | conviction reversed ⓘ |
| searchType | warrantless search of a home ⓘ |
| shortName | Weeks ⓘ |
| significance |
Established that federal courts must exclude evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures.
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First case in which the U.S. Supreme Court adopted the exclusionary rule for federal prosecutions. ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | use of evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 232 ⓘ |
| vote | unanimous ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1914 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Weeks v. United States Description of subject: Weeks v. United States is a landmark 1914 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the federal exclusionary rule, barring evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures from being used in federal prosecutions.
Referenced by (6)
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