Legal Opinion
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1991No. 89-7743PublishedCited by 1,270 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
We must decide in the case before us whether a private litigant in a civil case may use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on account of their race. Recognizing the impropriety of racial bias in the courtroom, we hold the race-based exclusion violates the equal protection rights of the challenged jurors. This civil case originated in a United States District Court, and we apply the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. See Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U. S. 497 (1954).
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