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· 5/17/1971

Makarewicz v. Scafati

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 980
  • 91 S. Ct. 1685

How courts have described this case

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  • refusing to excuse the failure to object when “no binding rule in this circuit ... necessarily foredoomed an objection”
  • applying Griffith to the defendants’ challenge to empanelment of juries by magistrates
  • “Ordinarily, the law ministers to the vigilant, not to those who sleep upon their rights.”
  • “Ordinarily, the law ministers to the vigilant, not to those who sleep upon their rights. In consequence, a litigant . . . must usually (continued...

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