Zakour v. UT Medical Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a Batson violation occurred in a civil case when the defendants’ reason for challenging an African-American juror was inconsistent with how they questioned other potential jurors and based upon incorrect information
• finding explanation that six prospective female jurors were stricken because of their body language, without providing more detail, was not clear, reasonably specific, legitimate and reasonably related to the particular case being tried
• finding explanation that six prospective female jurors were stricken because of their body language, without providing more detail, was not clear, reasonably specific, legitimate and reasonably related to the particular case being tried
• finding explanation that six prospective female jurors were stricken because of their body language, without providing more detail, was not clear, reasonably specific, legitimate and reasonably related to the particular case being tried
• “Because the Defendants explained their reasons for the peremptory challenges without prompting by the trial court . . . such a ruling [was not] necessary under the circumstances.”
• “ . . . [T]he Defendants did not explain how Ms. Frazier's lack of memory regarding the outcome of a previous jury case was relevant to her participation as a juror in this trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).