Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
3 senses
The condition of being under the age of legal majority. A lawyer must maintain a normal client-lawyer relationship with a client whose capacity is diminished because of minority. A minority period counts as part of a life for purposes of measuring the duration of certain future interests in property.
The condition of being under the age of legal majority. A lawyer must maintain a normal client-lawyer relationship with a client whose capacity is diminished because of minority. A minority period counts as part of a life for purposes of measuring the duration of certain future interests in property.
When a client's capacity is diminished because of minority the lawyer must maintain a normal client lawyer relationship as far as reasonably possible.
A group differing in race or other characteristic from the numerical majority and sometimes treated differently as a result. Affirmative action programs for minority contractors must rest on a strong evidentiary basis of specific past discrimination. Redistricting plans that concentrate minority voters are subject to strict scrutiny when race predominates.
Madison Meyers owns a construction firm. The city awards contracts with a racial set aside for minority contractors. Because the program rests only on general societal discrimination rather than identified past discrimination in the local industry the set aside fails strict scrutiny.
The position or rule followed by the smaller number of jurisdictions or courts. A minority of courts limits misdemeanor manslaughter to malum in se offenses. A minority of jurisdictions imposes a duty to retreat before using deadly force even inside the home.
Monica Morgan contracts to buy a home from Meridian Motors. Before closing a fire destroys the house. Under the minority rule still followed in her state the risk remains on the seller until deed delivery so Monica may rescind the contract without liability.
Mustafa Mahmoud commits a regulatory misdemeanor that is not malum in se and a death results. In the minority of jurisdictions that restrict misdemeanor manslaughter to malum in se offenses he cannot be convicted of manslaughter on these facts.
A group differing in race or other characteristic from the numerical majority and sometimes treated differently as a result. Affirmative action programs for minority contractors must rest on a strong evidentiary basis of specific past discrimination. Redistricting plans that concentrate minority voters are subject to strict scrutiny when race predominates.
The position or rule followed by the smaller number of jurisdictions or courts. A minority of courts limits misdemeanor manslaughter to malum in se offenses. A minority of jurisdictions imposes a duty to retreat before using deadly force even inside the home.
Each sense below has its own examples, sources, and questions.
Maurice Marshall challenges a redistricting plan that draws bizarrely shaped districts to maximize majority minority districts. Because race predominated over traditional districting principles the plan is subject to strict scrutiny and fails for lack of a compelling interest.
The program must rest on a strong basis in evidence of specific past discrimination in the relevant industry and jurisdiction rather than general societal discrimination.
The plan triggers strict scrutiny when race is the predominant factor subordinating traditional districting principles such as compactness and contiguity.
Marco Marquez offers expert testimony resting on a methodology accepted by only a recognized minority of scientists. The court finds the showing insufficient because the experts failed to demonstrate that the method follows the scientific method practiced by at least that minority.
Marcus Mitchell challenges a statute criminalizing private consensual sodomy. The Court notes that the view once held by a minority of states has become the prevailing position and the law cannot stand under the Equal Protection Clause.
Under the minority rule risk remains on the seller until deed delivery so the buyer may rescind without liability when the property is destroyed before closing.
A minority of courts restrict misdemeanor manslaughter to cases in which the underlying misdemeanor is malum in se.
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