Legal Opinion
Thaddeus Donald Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1989No. 87-4804PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The issue is whether the guarantee of equal protection of the laws forbids the exercise of peremptory challenges on racial grounds by a private litigant in the trial of a civil case in federal district court. We hold that it does, thus extending the principle announced by the Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky.1
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Injured in an accident on a construction job at Fort Polk, Louisiana, a federal enclave, Thaddeus Donald Edmonson, a 34-year-old black male, sued Leesville Con*1310Crete Company for negligence in federal district court.2 The case was tried to a jury.
Edmonson…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Alex v. Rayne Concrete ServiceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
- Lemley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Thomas v. Diversified Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Thaddeus Donald Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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