ADAMS v. THOMPSON

No. H 67-C-28.

313 F.Supp. 265 (1970)

(Mrs.) Janie ADAMS, (Mrs.) Clara Chisom, James N. Gray, John Hamilton, (Mrs.) Louise Mallet, Louis L. Pike, and Rayfield Wareagle, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Robert Perry, Wilson Jones, Guarrie Boards, T. J. Gant, Dan Gaines, Gertie Wells, Mae Frances Scaife, Connie Whitehead and the Arkansas State AFL-CIO, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. F. J. THOMPSON, John A. McClusky, and Marion M. Crisp, as members of the Jury Commission of Phillips County, James S. King, as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Phillips County, and Elmo Taylor, as Judge of the Circuit Court of Phillips County, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, E. D.

May 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark., Harold Anderson, John Walker and Burl Rotenberry, Little Rock, Ark., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

David Solomon, Euguene Raff, Helena, Ark., Silas H. Brewer, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.


OREN HARRIS, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In this class action by Negroes and wage-earner citizens of Phillips County, Arkansas, the plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors seek injunctive relief to secure their right to be fairly chosen for service on grand and petit juries. The plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors also seek to have grand and petit juries in Phillips County so constituted as to be truly representative...

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