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Test v. United States, 420 U.S. 28 (1975)
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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.
Test v. United States, 420 U.S. 28 (1975)
Test v. United States No. 73-5993 Argued December 11, 1974 Decided January 27, 1975 420 U.S. 28
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
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An unqualified right of a litigant to inspect jury lists held required not only by the plain text of the provisions of the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, 28 U.S.C. § 1867(f), allowing the parties in a case "to inspect" such lists at all reasonable times during the "preparation" of a motion challenging compliance with jury selection procedures, but also by the Act’s overall purpose of insuring "grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair cross-section of the community," 28 U.S.C. § 1861. Hence, where the District Court denied petitioner’s motion, prior to his trial and conviction on a federal drug charge, to inspect the jury lists in connection with his challenge to the grand and petit juries selection procedures, the Court of Appeals’ judgment affirming his conviction is vacated, and the case is remanded so that he may attempt to support his challenge.
486 F.2d 922, vacated and remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Test v. United States, 420 U.S. 28 (1975) in 420 U.S. 28 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BCTM428BS2UQ2LA.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Test v. United States, 420 U.S. 28 (1975), in 420 U.S. 28, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BCTM428BS2UQ2LA.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Test v. United States, 420 U.S. 28 (1975). cited in 1975, 420 U.S. 28. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BCTM428BS2UQ2LA.
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