· 1/13/1943
Deauville Corp. v. Garden Suburbs Golf & Country Club
Citations
- 60 F. Supp. 72
- 1943 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1655
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that juror bias can come to light in two ways: “by express admission or by proof of specific facts showing such a close connection to the circumstances at hand that bias must be presumed”
- providing a for-cause challenge to a venireperson that “has a bias or prejudice in favor of or against the defendant”
- juror belonged to a labor union that had fought with the union victimized by the defendant
- one juror disliked unions and never said he could be impartial; the other juror had quarrelled with the union involved in the trial
- “[T]he principal way this right [to an impartial jury] is implemented is through the system of challenges exercised during the voir dire of prospective jurors.”
- “[T]he principal way this right [to an impartial jury] is implemented is through the system of challenges exercised during the voir dire of prospective jurors.”
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Judges: Piolland
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