Legal Opinion
George Ford v. Frank White
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1970No. 27944PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This is a class action by Negro citizens of Issaquena County, Mississippi, charging discrimination on the basis of race and sex in jury selection procedures of that county. There is alleged to be discrimination by the Board of Supervisors in the selection of names for the master jury list and by other public officials in the composition of the venires for grand and petit juries. 1
The District Court denied injunctive relief and dismissed the complaint in an opinion reported at 299 F.Supp. 772 (S. D.Miss.1969).
The adult population of the county in 1960 was approximately…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Ballard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States of America Ex Rel. Willie Seals, Jr. v. Martin J. Wiman, Warden, Kilby Prison, Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Orzell Billingsley, Sr., C. Herbert Oliver, J. S. Phifer and Abraham Woods, Jr. v. George W. ClaytonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ciudadanos Unidos De San Juan v. Hidalgo County Grand Jury Commissioners, Robert Caballero v. Dellis PraterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- John William Smith v. Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Carl Broadway, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Robert Culpepper, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Foster v. Boise-Cascade, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- James Henry Davis v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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