· 5/17/1971
Makarewicz v. Scafati
Citations
- 402 U.S. 980
- 91 S. Ct. 1685
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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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