Strauder v. West Virginia
United States Supreme Court
100 U.S. 303 (1880)
Relevant factsFree
West Virginia enacted a statute limiting jury service to white male citizens over 21; an all-white jury convicted Strauder (defendant), a Black man, of murder. Strauder argued his conviction, by a jury selected under this discriminatory statute, violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
IssueFree
Whether a state statute that limits jury service to white persons is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.