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EDMONSON v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE CO.

No. 89-7743.

500 U.S. 614 (1991)

111 S.Ct. 2077

114 L.Ed.2d 660

EDMONSON v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE CO., INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Doyle argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

John S. Baker, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John B. Honeycutt, Jr.*

JUSTICE KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.

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. Recoguizing 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...

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