challenge to the array
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 299 U.S. 123 - United States v. Wood · 1936Most cited · 911 citing opinions
a challenge with respect to the constitution of the panel
How often courts cite the cases defining “challenge to the array”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “challenge to the array” — 1,125 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1906–1936
- ORIGINAL
Even when persons liable to jury duty under the state law are excluded, it is no ground for challenge to the array, if a sufficient number of unexceptional persons are present. ... if the state law itself should exclude certain classes on the bona fide ground that it was for the good of the community that their regular work should not be interrupted, there is nothing in the 14th Amendment to prevent it.
juror class exclusion