Purkett v. Elem, No. 94-802 (U.S. Supreme Court) (514 U.S. 765; 115 S.Ct. 1769) (May 15, 1995) (Per Curiam)
Court reversed Eighth Circuit by holding that a Batson challenge based on long hair and facial hair is acceptable, on the ground that such hair is "not a characteristic peculiar to any race.".
In his dissent, Justice Stevens called this decision a "a law-changing decision" which effectively overruled an important ...
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