Supreme Court· 4/24/1950

Cassell v. Texas

Citations

339 U.S. 282
70 S. Ct. 629
94 L. Ed. 2d 839
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2069
94 L. Ed. 839

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holding that a system where not more than one African American person would be selected for each grand jury was impermissible
noting that jurors are evaluated “on the basis of individual qualifications, and not as members of a race”
holding prima facie case shown where despite the absence of any disproportion between eligible population and composition of grand juries, evidence showed jury commissioners selecting on the basis of personal acquaintances made no effort to familiarize themselves with other eligible voters
\Obviously the number of races and nationalities appearing in the ancestry of our citizens would make it impossible to meet a requirement of proportional representation.\
plurality held that a long practice of grand jury selection in which the number of Negroes who served was limited to a number (one
direct appeal of Texas murder conviction \... the issue must be whether there has been discrimination in the selection of the jury that has indicted petitioner ...\

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Judges: Reed, Frankfurter, Clark, Jackson, Douglas, Burton, Minton

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