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Castaneda Vs. Partida

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 23, 1977

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  1. Cassell Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1950
  2. Akins Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Jun 04, 1945
  3. Hernandez Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · May 03, 1954
  4. Whitus Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1967
  5. SwaIn Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Mar 08, 1965
  6. Eubanks Vs. Louisiana US Supreme Court · May 26, 1958
  7. Reece Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Dec 05, 1955
  8. Peters Vs. Kiff US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1972
  9. Turner Vs. Fouche US Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1970
  10. U.S. 482 (1977) U.S. Supreme Court Castaneda v. Partida
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  11. U.S. 482 (1977) Castaneda v. Partida
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  12. This Court on prior occasions has considered the workings of the Texas system of grand jury selection. See Hernandez v. Texas
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  13. Hill v. Texas
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  14. Smith v. Texas
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  15. denied the motion for a new trial. On appeal, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction. Partida v. State
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  16. U.S. at 347 U. S. 477 . See Page 430 U. S. 493 Alexander v. Louisiana
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  17. Carter v. Jury
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  18. Comm'n, 396 U. S. 320 , 396 U. S. 330 (1970). See also Peters v. Kiff
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  19. of the group constitutes a constitutional violation as well, if it results from purposeful discrimination. See Turner v. Fouche
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  20. fact that an official act is not unconstitutional solely because it has a racially disproportionate impact. Washington v. Davis
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  21. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan
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  22. Id. at 429 U. S. 266 . In Washington v. Davis
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  23. recognizable, distinct class, singled out for different treatment under the laws, as written or as applied. Hernandez v. Texas
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  24. called to serve as grand jurors, over a significant period of time. Id. at 347 U. S. 480 . See Norris v. Alabama
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  25. or is not racially neutral supports the presumption of discrimination raised by the statistical showing. Washington v. Davis
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  26. Alexander v. Louisiana
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  27. case, it is no longer open to dispute that Mexican-Americans are a clearly identifiable class. See, e.g., Hernandez v. Texas
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  28. supra. Cf. White v. Regester
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  29. from the 1970 census illustrate disadvantages to which the group has been subject. Additionally, as in Alexander v. Louisiana
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  30. easily identifiable as race was from the questionnaires in Alexander or the notations and card colors in Whitus v. Georgia
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  31. supra, and in Avery v. Georgia
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  32. is greater than that found significant in Turner v. Fouche
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  33. Court as adequate for a prima facie case have all been within the range presented here. For example, in Whitus v. Georgia
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  34. jury venire. The disparity was held to be sufficient to make out a prima facie case of discrimination. See Sims v. Georgia
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  35. Jones v. Georgia
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  36. The facial constitutionality of the key-man system, of course, has been accepted by this Court. See, e.g., Carter v. Jury
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  37. See Hernandez v. Texas
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  38. and the instructions given to them. The commissioners themselves were not called to testify. A case such as Swan v. Alabama
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  39. we are simply saying that the State did not do so in this case. See Turner v. Fouche
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  40. might have. Since the Texas courts considered the claim on its merits, however, we are free to do so here. See Coleman v. Alabama
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  41. Francis v. Henderson
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  42. typically resulted in a progressive reduction of the number of Mexican-Americans involved at each stage. See Alexander v. Louisiana
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  43. to make out a prima facie case in the absence of other evidence, since that case is not before us. Cf. Thiel v. Southern
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  44. in this Court holding unconstitutional discriminatory selection procedures in the grand jury context include Alexander v. Louisiana
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  45. Arnold v. North
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  46. U.S. Supreme Court Castaneda v. Partida
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  47. Partida v. State
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  48. See Turner v. Fouche
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  49. Washington v. Davis
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  50. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan
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