The following excerpt is from Benson v. Marshall, 28 F.3d 104 (9th Cir. 1994):
1 Once the trial court has ruled on the ultimate question of intentional discrimination, the preliminary issue of whether the defendant had made a prima facie showing becomes moot. Hernandez v. New York, 111 S.Ct. 1859, 1866 (1991).
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