Updates to our Terms of Use

We are updating our Terms of Use. Please carefully review the updated Terms before proceeding to our website.

Thursday, March 28, 2024 | Back issues
Courthouse News Service Courthouse News Service

Protected Classes

The Florida Third District Court of Appeal ruled that white men are a protected class.

MIAMI - The Florida Third District Court of Appeal ruled that white men are a protected class.

In this criminal case in which the defendant was found guilty of trespass of a conveyance – the lesser included offense of grand theft of an automobile – the state’s peremptory challenge of a white male juror was improper, because white men are part of the protected class of “gender.”

Categories / Trials

Subscribe to Closing Arguments

Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.

Loading...