authorOfMajorityOpinion

P24731
predicate

Indicates that the subject is the primary judge or justice who wrote the court’s majority opinion in a given case.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
majorityOpinionJustices 7
authorOfMajorityOpinion canonical 4
majorityOpinionAuthor 4

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: authorOfMajorityOpinion
Generated description
Indicates that the subject is the primary judge or justice who wrote the court’s majority opinion in a given case.

Sample triples (24)

Subject Object
De Canas v. Bica William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
opinion in Texas v. Johnson William J. Brennan Jr. via predicate surface "majorityAuthor" ⓘ
Frohwerk v. United States Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ⓘ
11-400 John G. Roberts Jr. via predicate surface "chiefJusticeAuthoringOpinion" ⓘ
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. Benjamin N. Cardozo via predicate surface "judgeAuthoringMajorityOpinion" ⓘ
linked to: Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
Nixon v. Fitzgerald Lewis F. Powell Jr. via predicate surface "majorityOpinionAuthor" ⓘ
Gerald Lynn Bostock Justice Neil Gorsuch via predicate surface "decisionWrittenBy" ⓘ
linked to: Neil M. Gorsuch
INS v. Chadha
linked to: Jagdish Rai Chadha
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger via predicate surface "judgeAuthoredMajorityOpinion" ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger
Ex parte Merryman Roger B. Taney via predicate surface "judgeAuthoredOpinion" ⓘ
linked to: Roger Brooke Taney
Munn v. Illinois Morrison R. Waite via predicate surface "majorityOpinionJustices" ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
Munn v. Illinois Nathan Clifford via predicate surface "majorityOpinionJustices" ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois Noah H. Swayne via predicate surface "majorityOpinionJustices" ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois Samuel F. Miller via predicate surface "majorityOpinionJustices" ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois David Davis via predicate surface "majorityOpinionJustices" ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois William Strong via predicate surface "majorityOpinionJustices" ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois Ward Hunt via predicate surface "majorityOpinionJustices" ⓘ
Balzac v. Porto Rico William Howard Taft ⓘ
linked to: President William Howard Taft
Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause Justice Anthony Kennedy via predicate surface "majorityOpinionAuthor" ⓘ
linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy
Horace Gray United States v. Wong Kim Ark via predicate surface "wroteMajorityOpinionIn" ⓘ
Dorr v. United States William R. Day via predicate surface "majorityOpinionAuthor" ⓘ
Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. via predicate surface "BuckV.BellMajorityOpinionBy" ⓘ
Goldman v. United States Justice Harlan F. Stone via predicate surface "majorityOpinionAuthor" ⓘ
Samantha Elauf Antonin Scalia via predicate surface "legalCaseMajorityOpinionBy" ⓘ
Prize Cases Robert Cooper Grier ⓘ
linked to: Robert C. Grier