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TAYLOR v. LOUISIANA

No. 73-5744.

419 U.S. 522 (1975)

TAYLOR v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William McM. King argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Kendall L. Vick, Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, argued the cause for appellee. On the brief were William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, Walter Smith, and Woodrow W. Erwin.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

When this case was tried, Art. VII, § 41,1 of the Louisiana Constitution, and Art. 402 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure2 provided that a woman should not be selected for jury service unless she had previously filed a written declaration of her desire to be subject to jury service. The constitutionality of these provisions is the issue in...

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