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Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S. 400 (1942)
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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.
Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S. 400 (1942)
Hill v. Texas No. 1119 Argued May 11, 1942 Decided June 1, 1942 316 U.S. 400
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
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1. Evidence held sufficient to make out a prima facie case of systematic discrimination against negroes in the selection of grand jurors -- violative of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 404.
2. State grand jury commissioners who consciously omit to place any negro on the grand jury list, making no efforts to ascertain whether there are in the county negroes qualified under the state law to serve as jurors, fail to perform their constitutional duty, recognized by § 4 of the Civil Rights Act of March 1, 1875. P. 404.
3. Where the evidence shows without contradiction that a large number of negroes who are literate reside in the county from which grand jurors are drawn, there is no room to infer that there are not among them literate householders of good moral character, qualified and available for grand jury service under the state law. P. 404.
157 S.W.2d 369 reversed.
Certiorari, post, p. 655, to review a judgment sustaining a conviction for rape.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S. 400 (1942) in 316 U.S. 400 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UBMBNIT2PA2RFMG.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S. 400 (1942), in 316 U.S. 400, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UBMBNIT2PA2RFMG.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S. 400 (1942). cited in 1942, 316 U.S. 400. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UBMBNIT2PA2RFMG.
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