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The Batson challenge refers to the act of objecting the validity of a�peremptory challenge, on grounds that the other party used it to exclude a potential juror based on race, ethnicity, or sex.�The result of a successful Batson challenge differs, but generally it may be a new trial.

The name comes from the case�Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)�- which held this type of peremptory challenge to be unconstitutional when used by criminal prosecutors. There is also�the case,�Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete, 500 U.S. 614 (1991), which permitted private litigants in a civil case to successfully make a Batson challenge.