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BASS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

No. 24029.

381 F.2d 692 (1967)

Richard BASS, Appellant, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, for appellant.

Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, BELL, Circuit Judge, and BREWSTER, District Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge.

Nominally what is involved here is whether the trial of a Mississippi rape case should be removed to the Federal District Court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443 (1).1 But underlying this is the serious question of whether the Constitution condemns the Mississippi statutory exclusion of women as a class from service as jurors.

Bass, a Negro, was indicted, tried...

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