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California v. Harris, 468 U.S. 1303 (1984)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
California v. Harris, 468 U.S. 1303 (1984)
California v. Harris No. A-19 Decided July 23, 1984 468 U.S. 1303
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
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California’s application to stay, pending disposition of its petition for certiorari, the California Supreme Court’s judgment -- reversing respondent’s capital murder conviction and holding that the trial jury, which was empaneled by the use of a voter registration list, was not drawn from a fair cross-section of the community -- is denied. It is doubtful that four Members of this Court will vote to grant certiorari, since it is questionable that the State, under state law, had preserved for review the issue whether the need for efficient jury selection justifies resort to such neutral lists as voter registration rolls even though they do not perfectly reflect the proportion of blacks and Hispanics in the population at large.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," California v. Harris, 468 U.S. 1303 (1984) in 468 U.S. 1303 Original Sources, accessed July 5, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D5W1YQHL5XY1EF2.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." California v. Harris, 468 U.S. 1303 (1984), in 468 U.S. 1303, Original Sources. 5 Jul. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D5W1YQHL5XY1EF2.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in California v. Harris, 468 U.S. 1303 (1984). cited in 1984, 468 U.S. 1303. Original Sources, retrieved 5 July 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D5W1YQHL5XY1EF2.
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