United States Seventh Circuit

Excluding all members of a specific minority group does not, on its own, establish that the peremptory strikes were discriminatory, and the notion that one gender is better suited to hear a class of cases than another is a sexist concept that the court will not condone.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2000
• Decided 06/06/2001
• Published 06/06/2001

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John P. DeRose (argued), DeRose & Assoc., Hinsdale, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William J. Holloway (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.