Ruling is a victory particularly for defendants in cases involving product liability. Justices accept without comment a ruling by special three-judge Federal District Court panel that Federal statute does not violate the First Amendment. Justices rule unanimously that even deliberate concentration of black voters is permissible as long as state's motive is potentially political, not racial. It was found to give too much discretion to act against innocent people who are in the presence of suspected gang members. Case brought against Georgia by two women with mental impairment.
Decisions extend doctrine of state sovereignty.
Reject argument that jury had not received sufficient information before sentencing retired Army Ranger in killing of enlisted woman in Tex. in 1995. Court, without comment, rejects lower court's decision that offering leniency for testimony amounts to bribery.