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United States v. Ebens, 800 F.2d 1422 (1986)
The case below was tried before Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, one of the first African-American women to be appointed a federal judge in the country. Nitz was acquitted, but Ebens was convicted. Judge Taylor sentenced Ebens to 25 years in prison.
On appeal, Ebens argued that the civil laws only protected blacks. How did the Sixth Circuit resolve this point of law, and on what authority? Was Ebens nevertheless successful in reversing his conviction on due process grounds?
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