ARCHER v. MAYES


194 S.E.2d 707 (1973)

213 Va. 633

Grace ARCHER and James Johnson v. D. Carleton MAYES, Judge of the Circuit Court of Amelia County, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lowe, F. Guthrie Gordon, III, Charlottesville (Lowe & Gordon, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellants.

Vann H. Lefcoe, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Segar Gravatt, Blackstone (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.


I'ANSON, Justice.

This controversy originated as a class action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a declaration of the invalidity of certain Virginia jury selection statutes, for an injunction against racial and sexual discrimination in jury selection, and for an affirmative revision of the Amelia County jury list. Eventually, the questions before the Federal court were held in abeyance to permit the parties to seek their...

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