QUADRA v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CITY & CTY. OF SAN FRANCISCO

No. C-72-1689.

378 F.Supp. 605 (1974)

Indiana QUADRA et al., Plaintiffs, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF the CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

May 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert F. Moreno, Sidney M. Wolinsky, Public Advocates, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Thomas M. O'Connor, City Atty., George E. Krueger, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.

Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Doris H. Maier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Derald E. Granberg, Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., Deputy Attys. Gen., for amicus curiae.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

RENFREW, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought this action to challenge the process of selecting members of the grand jury for San Francisco County. Defendants are the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, the judges of that court, and an executive officer of the court who serves as jury commissioner. They invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201, and 2202, and the doctrine...

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