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Circuit split · civil procedure

Whether a litigant who uses a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror the trial court erroneously refused to excuse for cause suffers a reversible impairment of the right to exercise peremptory challenges.

1 federal appellate case on this question, each acknowledging the disagreement in its own words.

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · January 19, 2000

    “There is a corresponding conflict among the Circuits in civil cases.” — Split of authority
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The other side of the split

Decisions the acknowledging court(s) named as the opposing or joined side, quoted in the acknowledging opinion's own words.

  • On the other sideKirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc.61 F.3d 147
    “Raymark Industries, Inc., 61 F.3d 147 , 157 1 NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports.” — United States v. Martinez-Salazar Supreme Court of the United States Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, acknowledging the split

What the split turns on

Anchor precedents:
Ross
Constitutional provisions:
Fifth Amendment

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