Edmonson V. Leesville Concrete Co.
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Date decided | 1991 |
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Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Majority | Kennedy |
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Marshall | |
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Stevens | |
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Citations | L. Ed. 2d |
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ID | 739891 |
About Edmonson V. Leesville Concrete Co.
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company, 500 U. S. 614, was a United States Supreme Court case which held that peremptory challenges may not be used to exclude jurors on the basis of race in civil trials. Edmonson extended the court's similar decision in Batson v. Kentucky, a criminal case.