J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B.

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.
ArgueDate=November 2
ArgueYear=1993
DecideDate=April 19
DecideYear=1994
FullName= J. E. B., Petitioner v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.
USVol=511
USPage=127
Citation=114 S.Ct. 1419, 64 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 42,967, 128 L.Ed.2d 89, 62 USLW 4219
Prior=Certiorari to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals 606 So.2d 156
Subsequent=
Holding=Intentional discrimination on the basis of gender by state actors in the use of peremptory strikes in jury selection violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
SCOTUS=1993-1994
Majority=Blackmun
JoinMajority=Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg
Concurrence=O'Connor
Concurrence2=Kennedy
Dissent=Rehnquist
Dissent2=Scalia
JoinDissent2=Rehnquist, Thomas
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amend. XIV

"J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.", 511 U.S. 127 (1994), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that making peremptory challenges based solely on a prospective juror's sex is unconstitutional. "J.E.B." extended the court's existing precedent in "Batson v. Kentucky" (1986), which found race-based peremptory challenges in criminal trials unconstitutional, and "Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company" (1991), which extended that principle to civil trials. Like in "Batson", the court found that gender-based challenges violate the Equal Protection Clause.

The Majority opinion was written by Justice Blackmun. Justice O'Connor wrote a concurring opinion, and Justice Kennedy separately concurred in the judgment. Chief Justice Rehnquist filed a separate dissenting opinion. Justice Scalia also filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Thomas.

ee also

*"Hoyt v. Florida" (1961)

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Currie |first=C. M. |authorlink= |coauthors=Pillick, A. M. |year=1996 |month= |title=Sex Discrimination in the Selection and Participation of Female Jurors: A Post-"J.E.B." Analysis |journal=Judges' Journal |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=2–6, 38–41 |issn=00472972 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Harden |first=L. L. M. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1995 |month= |title=The End of the Peremptory Challenge? The Implications of "J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel T.B." for Jury Selection in Alabama |journal=Alabama Law Review |volume=47 |issue= |pages=243 |issn=00024279 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Wichterman |first=S. L. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1995 |month= |title="JEB v. Alabama ex rel. TB": Gender-Based Peremptory Challenges on Trial |journal= [http://law.niu.edu/law/organizations/law_review/index.shtml Northern Illinois University Law Review] |volume=16 |issue= |pages=209 |issn=07341490 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=511&page=127 511 U.S. 127] Full text of the opinion on Findlaw.com.