Legal Opinion
Carl Broadway, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Robert Culpepper, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1971No. 29391PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
In this class action against the jury commissioners of Baker County, Georgia, the Negro residents claimed that members of their race have been systematically excluded from jury service in that county and seek injunctive relief.
After considerable success — impelled in no small measure by a combination of the intervening order of the District Court, the 1967 revision of the Georgia Code, and the operation of the Voter Rights Act of 1965 — the plaintiffs and intervenor appeal. Basically the contention is that there is too wide a disparity 1 between the demographic…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Turner v. FoucheSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Willie B. Brooks v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Rabinowitz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by22 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
- United States v. Fred FernandezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Ciudadanos Unidos De San Juan v. Hidalgo County Grand Jury Commissioners, Robert Caballero v. Dellis PraterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. MaskenyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Belle Few Thompson, Etc. v. Max Sheppard, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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