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Powell, Lewis Franklin Jr.
Born: 1907 AD
Died: 1998 AD, at 91 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1998 AD, at 91 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US jurist
president of American Bar Association 1964-1965
president of Virginia State Board of Education 1968-1969
Supreme Court justice 1972-1987
wrote decisions for University of California Regents v. Bakke 1978 (5-4, racial admission quotas are forbidden for federally-supported programs, but race can be factor in admissions), Batson v. Kentucky 1986 (7-2, potential jurors may not be excluded on basis of race), McCleskey v. Kemp 1987 (5-4, statistics showing racial disparities in imposition of death penalty are insufficient to challenge death penalty laws as unconstitutional)
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