Powers v. Ohio
1991 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Powers v. Ohio, 499 U.S. 400 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case that re-examined the Batson Challenge.[1] Established by Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Batson Challenge[2] prohibits jury selectors from using peremptory challenges on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and sex. Powers expanded the jurisdictions of this principle, allowing all parties within a case, defendants especially, to question preemptory challenges during a jury selection, regardless of race.[3] This holding was protected under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.[4]
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Quick Facts Powers v. Ohio, Argued October 9, 1990 Decided April 1, 1991 ...
Powers v. Ohio | |
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Argued October 9, 1990 Decided April 1, 1991 | |
Full case name | Powers v. Ohio |
Docket no. | 89-5011 |
Citations | 499 U.S. 400 (more) |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Souter |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. XIV |
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