Williams v. State of Mississippi
GPTKB entity
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:170_U.S._213
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| gptkbp:date |
1898
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:heldBy |
The Court upheld the constitutionality of Mississippi's jury selection laws.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Williams v. State of Mississippi
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| gptkbp:impact |
Allowed continued exclusion of African Americans from juries through facially neutral laws
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| gptkbp:legalSubject |
racial discrimination in jury selection
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| gptkbp:opinionBy |
gptkb:Justice_Joseph_McKenna
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| gptkbp:petitioner |
gptkb:Henry_Williams
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| gptkbp:predecessor |
subsequent cases on jury discrimination
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution |
| gptkbp:response |
gptkb:State_of_Mississippi
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| gptkbp:unanimousDecision |
yes
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Williams_v._Mississippi
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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