# Brown v. United States

> Supreme Court of the United States · June 2, 1986 · 476 U.S. 1157

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9054302

## Case

- **Full name:** Brown v. United States
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** June 2, 1986
- **Citations:** 476 U.S. 1157; 106 S. Ct. 2275
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

C. A. 10th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari is granted limited to the following question: “In cases pending on direct appeal, should the holding in Batson v. Kentucky, ante, p. 79, be given retroactive effect?” Case is set *1158 for oral argument in tandem with No. 85-5221, Griffith v. Kentucky, immediately supra.

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