ABBOTT v. MINES

No. 18903.

411 F.2d 353 (1969)

Ernest ABBOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold K. MINES and Thornton Bryan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis T. Goheen, Paducah, Ky. (William Craves, Goheen, Schultz & Yaffe, Paducah, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas J. Marshall, Paducah, Ky. (Wheeler & Marshall, Paducah, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and COMBS, Circuit Judges.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is a narrow one: whether Plaintiff-Appellant is entitled to a new trial because the trial Judge excluded all women from the petit jury panel. Plaintiff-Appellant's action related to a cancer he contracted which affected his penis, groin, and other parts of his body and the trial Judge without inquiry determined that the proceedings would be "distasteful" to...

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