Patterson v. Alabama

Patterson v. Alabama
Argued February 15–18, 1935
Decided April 1, 1935
Full case namePatterson v. Alabama
Citations294 U.S. 600 (more)
55 S. Ct. 575; 79 L. Ed. 1082
Case history
PriorPatterson v. State, 229 Ala. 270, 156 So. 567 (1934); cert. granted, 293 U.S. 554 (1935).
Holding
An African-American defendant is denied due process rights if the jury pool excludes African Americans.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Associate Justices
Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds
Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland
Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone
Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Case opinion
MajorityHughes, joined by Van Devanter, Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Stone, Roberts, Cardozo
McReynolds took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV

Patterson v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 600 (1935), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that an African-American defendant is denied due process rights if the jury pool excludes African-Americans.