Georgia v. McCollum
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Georgia v. McCollum is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that criminal defendants, like prosecutors, may not use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on the basis of race.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Georgia v. McCollum canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9799069 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georgia v. McCollum Context triple: [Batson v. Kentucky, laterExtendedBy, Georgia v. McCollum]
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A.
Lee v. Weisman
Lee v. Weisman is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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B.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a school voucher program, ruling that public funds could be used for tuition at religious schools without violating the Establishment Clause.
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C.
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Wisconsin v. Yoder is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that held compulsory school attendance laws could not be applied in a way that violated Amish parents’ religious freedom.
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D.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited student First Amendment rights by allowing public school officials greater authority to regulate school-sponsored student speech, such as in school newspapers.
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E.
Abington School District v. Schempp
Abington School District v. Schempp is a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that held mandatory Bible readings in public schools unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georgia v. McCollum Target entity description: Georgia v. McCollum is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that criminal defendants, like prosecutors, may not use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on the basis of race.
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A.
Lee v. Weisman
Lee v. Weisman is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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B.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a school voucher program, ruling that public funds could be used for tuition at religious schools without violating the Establishment Clause.
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C.
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Wisconsin v. Yoder is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that held compulsory school attendance laws could not be applied in a way that violated Amish parents’ religious freedom.
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D.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited student First Amendment rights by allowing public school officials greater authority to regulate school-sponsored student speech, such as in school newspapers.
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E.
Abington School District v. Schempp
Abington School District v. Schempp is a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that held mandatory Bible readings in public schools unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1992-02-26 ⓘ |
| citation | 505 U.S. 42 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Anthony M. Kennedy
ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedDate | 1992-06-18 ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1992-06-18 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Antonin Scalia
ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 91-372 ⓘ |
| effect | Prohibits race-based peremptory strikes by criminal defendants in state and federal courts. ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Georgia v. McCollum ⓘ |
| holding |
Criminal defendants may not use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on the basis of race.
ⓘ
The Equal Protection Clause prohibits race-based peremptory challenges by criminal defendants. ⓘ
linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
|
| joinedByInMajority |
Anthony M. Kennedy
ⓘ
David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| legalPrinciple | Extension of Batson v. Kentucky to criminal defendants ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ |
| page | 42 ⓘ |
| party |
McCollum
ⓘ
State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia
|
| priorHistory | McCollum v. State, 261 Ga. 473, 405 S.E.2d 688 (1991) ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | 1992-04-22 ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Batson v. Kentucky
ⓘ
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co. ⓘ Powers v. Ohio ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
jury selection
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peremptory challenges ⓘ racial discrimination in jury selection ⓘ |
| volume | 505 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1992 ⓘ |
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Subject: Georgia v. McCollum Description of subject: Georgia v. McCollum is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that criminal defendants, like prosecutors, may not use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on the basis of race.
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