Legal Opinion
Eckstein v. Kirby
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided June 9, 1978No. LR-C-78-91PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROY, District Judge.
This declaratory judgment action questions the constitutionality of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 39-102(c) and (f) (Supp.1977). The challenged statutory provisions provide in pertinent part as follows: “The following are disqualified to act as grand or petit jurors: (c) Persons who -are unable to speak or understand the English language, (f) Persons whose senses of hearing or seeing are substantially impaired.”
The jurisdiction of the district court is premised upon the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(3) and (4), 2201-02; and 42 U.S'.C. § 1983. The facts and…
2Cases cited55 opinions
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- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. Thomas P. DempseyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- People v. Green, New York County Courts1990
- People v. GuzmanNew York Supreme Court · 1984
- United States v. ConantDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2000
- State v. SpiveySupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
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