Legal Opinion
Esposito v. Buonome
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 8, 1986No. Civ. A. N-82-93 (TJM)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
MESKILL, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.
During the selection of the jury and following the defendants’ exercise of two of their three peremptory challenges to exclude the only two black members of the twelve person venire panel, plaintiff’s counsel moved to strike defendants’ challenges claiming that they were exercised in a racially discriminating manner in violation of the law, citing Batson v. Kentucky, — U.S. —, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). The motion was denied but briefs were ordered and submitted.
After considering the arguments made in the briefs,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Michael McCray v. Robert AbramsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Abrams v. McCraySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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