Najares v. California

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying harmless error analysis to faulty instructions that, given the evidence, were unlikely to have influenced the jury
• “Haeger could not discriminate against Pressley on account of race if he did not know Pressley’s race.”
• “Knowledge plays a role in forming or ascertaining intent. Haeger could not discriminate against Pressley on account of race if he did not know Pressley’s race.”
• “Knowledge plays a role in forming or ascertaining intent. [The defendant] could not discriminate against [the plaintiff] on account of race if he did not know [the plaintiff’s] race.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).