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

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 basis of gender were inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause. Respondent's biased exercise of peremptory challenges was unconstitutional.

Related Cases

• Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).
• Wiley v. Com., 978 S.W.2d 333 (1998).

Sources

Epstein, Lee, and Thomas G. Walker. Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1995.