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HEALY v. EDWARDS

Civ. A. No. 73-688.

363 F.Supp. 1110 (1973)

Marsha B. HEALY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hon. Edwin EDWARDS, Governor of La., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

August 31, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Strickler, New Orleans, La., Ruth Bader Ginsburg, New York City, Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs.

Warren E. Mouledoux, Baton Rouge, La., Dale C. Wilks, Robert L. Danner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and RUBIN and WEST, District Judges.

RUBIN, District Judge:

The Louisiana Constitution1 and statutes2 exempt women from service on juries unless they file a written declaration of their desire to serve. This benign dispensation has resulted in jury panels that, in the parishes here involved, have never included more than five percent females, and frequently less. The plaintiffs in this class action seek a declaration that the exemption provisions...

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