Legal Opinion
Quadra v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CITY & CTY. OF SAN FRANCISCO
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 16, 1974No. C-72-1689PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER
RENFREW, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought this action to challenge the process of selecting members of the grand jury for San Francisco County. Defendants are the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, the judges of that court, and an executive officer of the court who serves as jury commissioner. They invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201, and 2202, and the doctrine of pendent jurisdiction, and ask for injunctive and declaratory relief.
Plaintiffs’ essential claim is that the “personal-selection” system used…
2Cases cited104 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by27 opinions
- David M. Foster v. Lawrence J. Walsh, Clerk, Akron Municipal CourtCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Grigsby v. MabryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Franklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Linda Anaya v. Edward J. Hansen, Superintendent, Maine Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- James L. Cobbs v. Carl Robinson, Warden, Connecticut State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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