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Legal Citation: 511 U.S. 127 (1994)

Petitioner
J. E. B.

Respondent
Alabama ex rel T. B.

Petitioner's Claim
Because Batson v. Kentucky (1986) prohibited peremptory challenges based on racial discrimination, intentional discrimination on the basis of gender was also violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
John F. Porter III

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Lois B. Brasfield

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
19 April 1994

Decision
Peremptory challenges on the...