31 Md. App. 205 - Thornton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
December 1999
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Rideau v. Louisiana · Plessy v. Ferguson · Ham v. South Carolina · Ristaino v. Ross
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) where racial prejudice may be a factor because of the facts of the case, but (2) no specific question or procedure is compelled so long as the “essence” of the information sought as to prejudice is inquired into.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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