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Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that a prosecutor's use of a peremptory challenge in a criminal case—the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so—may not be used to exclude jurors based solely on their race.
This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 476 of the United States Reports: ... 1986: Batson v. Kentucky: 476 U.S. 79: 1986: Smalis v ...
Lacos Land Co v. Arden Group Inc; Lemmerman v. A.T. Williams Oil Co. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 474; List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 475; List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 476; List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 477; List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 478
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Rehnquist Court, the tenure of Chief Justice William Rehnquist from September 26, 1986, through September 3, 2005. The cases are listed chronologically based on the date that the Supreme Court decided the case.
Hughes Court (February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941) Stone Court (July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946) Vinson Court (June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953) Warren Court (October 5, 1953 – June 23, 1969) Burger Court (June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986) Rehnquist Court (September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005) Roberts Court (September 29, 2005 ...
A U.S. judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Transportation's consideration of race or gender when awarding billions of dollars in federal highway and transit project funding set aside for ...
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This was the first Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) A Georgia law that criminalizes certain acts of private sexual conduct between homosexual persons does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. (Overruled by Lawrence v.