Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Smith
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 28, 1974No. 73-222-HMPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERBERT F. MURRAY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Lester L. Perkins, a resident alien, successfully asserted before a three-judge panel of this Court that the State of Maryland may not constitutionally bar him from being examined for or licensed as a doctor of veterinary medicine solely because of his alienage.1 In the present case he has again invoked the jurisdiction of a three-judge court to challenge his exclusion from service in Maryland on grand and petit jury panels in the state and federal courts solely because of his alienage.
As originally brought, plaintiff sought to represent a class —…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Graham v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Truax v. RaichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- In Re GriffithsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Nyquist v. MaucletSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Jose Avalos and Rudolfo CastrillonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Cabell v. Chavez-SalidoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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