Legal Opinion
Ciudadanos Unidos De San Juan v. Hidalgo County Grand Jury Commissioners, Robert Caballero v. Dellis Prater
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1980No. 77-3321, 78-1394PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Almost 800 years ago, the Magna Charta proclaimed, “No free man shall be . imprisoned . . . or in any way destroyed, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or [and] by the law of the land.” 1 From this seed planted in the early spring of English legal culture has grown our “very idea of a jury ... a body of men composed of the peers or equals of the persons whose rights it is selected or summoned to determine; that is, of his neighbors, fellows, associates, persons having the same legal status as that which he holds.” Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303, 25…
2Cases cited80 opinions
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- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- Frederick Hoptowit v. John SpellmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Beoties Emory v. Clarence Peeler, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superior Court Judge, Stone Mountain Judicial CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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