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HARDIN v. CITY OF GADSDEN

Civ. A. No. 89-C-2164-M.

837 F.Supp. 1113 (1993)

Josephine HARDIN, as Executrix of the Estate of Edie Houseal, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF GADSDEN, Defendant. R.L. Webb, Julius Walker, and The City of Birmingham, Alabama, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, United States of America, amicus curiae.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, M.D.

November 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Shipman, Earl D. McNeal, Huntsville, AL, for plaintiff.

Don G. DeCoudres, Birmingham, AL, Donald R. Rhea, Rhea Boyd & Rhea, Jack Floyd, Floyd Keener Cusimano & Roberts, Gadsden, AL, Julius F. Parker, Jr., Jennifer Parker LaVia, Parker Skelding Labasky & Corry, Tallahassee, FL, Roger W. Kirby, City of Gadsden, Legal Dept., Gadsden, AL, for defendants.

Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Samuel H. Heldman, Cooper Mitch Crawford Kuykendall & Whatley, Donald V. Watkins, Demetrius C. Newton, Birmingham City Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, for plaintiffs-intervenors City of Birmingham and R.L. Webb.

Kenneth Lamar Thomas, Thomas Means & Gillis, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiff-intervenor Julius Walker.

Caryl P. Privett, Claude Harris, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, for amicus curiae U.S.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CLEMON, District Judge.

Civil litigants in the federal courts have a right to petit juries selected at random from a fair cross section of the community in the district or division wherein the court convenes. 28 U.S.C. § 1861 (Supp.1993). Moreover, no citizen may be excluded from service as a petit juror because of race or economic status. 28 U.S.C. § 1862 (Supp. 1993). According to the evidence, the Northern District...

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