Legal Opinion
Healy v. Edwards
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 31, 1973No. Civ. A. 73-688PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
The Louisiana Constitution 1 and statutes 2 exempt women from service on juries unless they file a written declaration of their desire to serve. This benign dispensation has resulted in jury panels that, in the parishes here involved, have never included more than five percent females, and frequently less. The plaintiffs in this class action seek a declaration that the exemption provisions violate the rights of the class to Equal Protection and Due Process of the Law, and an injunction against continued enforcement of these laws.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP)Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Catherine Foster, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. James L. Sparks, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Martha Olson v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- State v. WomackSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. IvySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. SelmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
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