Supreme Court of Texas
Davis v. Fisk Elec. Co., 06-0162
In an employment-discrimination suit alleging that defendant terminated plaintiff based on his race, affirmation of denial of plaintiff's Batson challenge based on defendant's striking five of six African American jury pool members is reversed where: 1) plaintiff did not procedurally waive his objection; and 2) under the totality of circumstances, race was the best explanation for two of defendant's strikes.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/10/2007
- Decided 09/26/2008
- Published 09/26/2008
Judges
- Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justice HECHT, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Renuka V. Jain, Renuka V. Jain & Associates, P.C., Sugarland, TX, for Petitioner., Virginia K. Hoelscher, Brown McCarroll, L.L.P., Austin, Allecia Lindsey-Pottinger, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- J. Cary Gray, Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C., Kyle Wayne Sanders, Looper Reed Mark & McGraw, Richard P. Hogan Jr., Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Hogan & Hogan, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Respondents.