Legal Opinion
DeLong v. Brumbaugh
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 12, 1989No. Civ. A. 87-369PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZIEGLER, District Judge.
Pending before the court are two questions in this civil action for declaratory and equitable relief predicated on the Fourteenth Amendment, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. First, whether 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4502, which sets forth the qualifications for jury service in the state courts of Pennsylvania, is unconstitutional on its face. Second, whether the application of the qualifications to Jo Ann DeLong, a deaf citizen otherwise qualified to serve as a juror, was violative of plaintiff’s right to equal protection and due process, and Section…
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