The U.S. Supreme Court case B.C. Foreman et al. v. Dallas County, Texas et al., 1996 revolved around the issue of racial discrimination in jury selection for criminal trials in Dallas County, Texas. The plaintiffs, a group of African-American and Hispanic residents led by B.C Foreman, alleged that the county's method of selecting grand juries was racially biased and violated their constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause as well as federal civil rights laws. They claimed that this bias resulted from two factors: first, due to a state law which allowed judges to select grand jurors based on personal acquaintance; secondly because these selections were disproportionately white compared to the population demographics. However, despite acknowledging some statistical disparities between racial representation on grand juries and within Dallas County's general population,the court ruled against Foreman and his co-plaintiffs.The court held that they failed to demonstrate intentional discrimination or provide sufficient evidence showing an adverse impact caused by discriminatory practices.

The dissenting opinion in the case of B.C. Foreman et al. v. Dallas County, Texas, et al., argued that the majority's decision to uphold a lower court ruling allowing for at-large voting districts was flawed and failed to adequately address concerns about racial discrimination in voting practices. The dissenters believed that this system diluted minority votes and perpetuated historical patterns of racial discrimination within electoral processes by making it difficult for minorities to elect representatives of their choice. They contended that the Voting Rights Act should be interpreted more broadly to protect against such discriminatory effects on minority voters, rather than narrowly focusing only on intentional acts of discrimination as determined by the majority.