Thomas v. Diversified Contractors, Inc.

551 So.2d 343 (1989)

Alvin THOMAS d/b/a Thomas Construction Company

v.

DIVERSIFIED CONTRACTORS, INC.

88-327.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 15, 1989.

John C. Cason of Hooper & Cason and Richard A. Lawrence, Montgomery, for appellant.

Marvin H. Campbell, Montgomery, for appellee.

JONES, Justice.

Alvin Thomas appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Diversified Contractors, Inc. ("Diversified"). We address only one issue: Whether the jury selection standards announced by the United States Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986),…