Patterson v. Alabama | |
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Argued February 15–18, 1935 Decided April 1, 1935 | |
Full case name | Patterson v. Alabama |
Citations | 294 U.S. 600 (more) 55 S. Ct. 575; 79 L. Ed. 1082 |
Case history | |
Prior | Patterson v. State, 229 Ala. 270, 156 So. 567 (1934); cert. granted, 293 U.S. 554 (1935). |
Holding | |
An African-American defendant is denied due process rights if the jury pool excludes African Americans. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Hughes, joined by Van Devanter, Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Stone, Roberts, Cardozo |
McReynolds took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV |
Patterson v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 600 (1935), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that an African-American defendant is denied due process rights if the jury pool excludes African-Americans.