Legal Opinion
Partida v. Castaneda
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 26, 1974No. Civ. A. 74-B-50PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GARZA, District Judge.
After exhausting all available state remedies, the Petitioner, Rodrigo Partida, filed this Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, naming Claudio Castaneda, the Sheriff of Hidalgo County, Texas, as Respondent. Petitioner alleges he has been denied due process and equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, because Mexican-Americans were significantly underrepresented on the state grand jury that indicted him, as a result of a long continued system of…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977