Legal Opinion
Love v. McGee
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided March 17, 1968No. Civ. A. 4328PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIXON, District Judge.
This is a class action attacking the jury selection system employed in the Second Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. The plaintiffs allege systematic exclusion of Negroes from juries in the Second Judicial District and seek a mandatory injunction which would require the defendants to refrain from discrimination in the jury selection process.
The case was submitted to this Court on stipulation and memorandum briefs of the parties. The stipulation establishes the current percentage composition of the population of the Second Judicial District at approximately…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Patton v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Eubanks v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- State of Alabama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Spencer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
- Kirksey v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1975
- Goode v. CookDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1969
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