In a Hispanic employee’s Title VII case based on national origin (language discrimination), the defendant-employer used three of its four peremptory strikes to remove Hispanic jurors, over the employee’s Batson challenge. The 9th Circuit (Reinhardt and Hawkins) has now reversed, in an unpublished opinion.
The reversed because the employer failed to apply its stated rationales for the […]
Filed under Title VII
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