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Supreme Court· 6/23/1947

Fay v. New York

Citations

  • 332 U.S. 261
  • 67 S. Ct. 1613
  • 91 L. Ed. 2043
  • 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2924

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • federal courts may exercise supervisory power over the selection of federal jurors “to reflect ... notions of good policy” and not simply constitutional mínimums
  • “we are not ready to assume that * * * differences [in occupation] degenerate into a hostility such that one cannot expect justice at the hands of occupations and groups other than his own”
  • New York’s “blue ribbon” jury upheld

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Judges: Jackson, Murphy, Black, Douglas, Rutledge

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