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Wilkerson v. Texas

U.S.
Oct 16, 1989
493 U.S. 924 (1989)

Summary

holding unsupervised release of ADEA rights permissible if knowing and voluntary

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Opinion

No. 89-335.

October 16, 1989, October TERM, 1989.


C.A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. JUSTICE O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Reported below: 875 F. 2d 399.


Summaries of

Wilkerson v. Texas

U.S.
Oct 16, 1989
493 U.S. 924 (1989)

holding unsupervised release of ADEA rights permissible if knowing and voluntary

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stating that racial discrimination in jury selection is "perhaps the greatest embarrassment in the administration of our criminal justice system"

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In Wilkerson v. Texas, 493 U.S. 924, 110 S.Ct. 292, 107 L.Ed.2d 272 (1989) (mem.), the Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari. Justice Marshall, however, joined by Justice Brennan, would have granted the petition "to determine whether a prosecutor's exercise of peremptory challenges based in part on racial considerations violates the Equal Protection Clause."

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applying the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

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applying Title VII law to ADEA action

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Case details for

Wilkerson v. Texas

Case Details

Full title:BORMANN ET AL. v. ATT COMMUNICATIONS, INC

Court:U.S.

Date published: Oct 16, 1989

Citations

493 U.S. 924 (1989)
110 S. Ct. 292

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