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SHEA v. COUNTY OF ROCKLAND

No. 507, Docket 86-7747.

810 F.2d 27 (1987)

Patrick SHEA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ROCKLAND, Rockland County Health Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay F. Jason, Suffern, N.Y. (Ira M. Emanuel, Beth L. Finkelstein, Lexow, Berbit & Jason, Suffern, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph S. Malara, Hartsdale, N.Y. (Francis J. Young, P.C., Hartsdale, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before OAKES, CARDAMONE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Jury service is an important federal function because it is a jury that historically has reflected the commonsense judgment of the community; it is the jury that serves as a counter to the exercise of arbitrary power. See Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522, 530, 95 S.Ct. 692, 697, 42 L.Ed.2d 690 (1975). But because some employers are hostile to the idea of their employees serving as jurors and threaten...

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