Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Coalition of Cities for Affordable Utility Rates
Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Coal. of Cities for Affordable Util. Rates, 499 U.S. 983 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-04-22
- Topic
- labor-and-employment
How later courts describe this case
- common law doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel bar relitigating before Public Utility Commission prudence of utility's expenditures for nuclear power plant and resulting rate base
- where venire was 35.7% black, prosecutor used five of eight peremptory challenges to strikes blacks, and trial jury was 41.7% black, statistical evidence alone did not establish a prima facie case of discrimination
- wherein the court noted that "[t]he record fails to show that any of the five blacks responded to the prosecutor's questions in such a way as to give insight into why they were stricken"
- Criminal District Attorney of Tarrant County
- District Attorney of 70th Judicial District
Citator
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