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BRADLEY v. JUDGES OF SUPERIOR CT. FOR CTY. OF LOS ANGELES

Civ. No. 73-408-WPG.

372 F.Supp. 26 (1974)

Thomas BRADLEY, Mayor, City of Los Angeles, et al., Plaintiffs and Petitioners, v. JUDGES OF the SUPERIOR COURT FOR the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, as a class, represented by Alfred J. McCourtney, Jr., presiding Judge, Defendants and Respondents, William A. Goodwin, Jury Commissioner of the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Defendant, Peter J. Pitchess, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, Respondent, Jacob Gunn, Warden, Folsom Prison, Respondent, James Garner, acting Warden, Deuel Vocational Institution, Respondent, Percy Lawrence Tolton et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

February 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Neusom, Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, G. Keith Wisot, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs and petitioners.

John D. Maharg, County Counsel, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants and respondents.

Robert F. Katz, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for respondents.

Harold Tamkin, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor-plaintiff-petitioner Percy Lawrence Tolton.

Patrick J. Sampson, La Verne, Cal., for intervenor-plaintiff-petitioner Bozzie B. Burton III.

Nancy Kelso, Santa Monica, Cal., for intervenor-plaintiff-petitioner Maurice Gilford Moore.

Howard J. Rubinroit, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor-plaintiff-petitioner Earl Jerry Butler.

Donald B. Black, Joseph H. Cummins, Fred Okrand, Tom Stanley, Stanley S. Delnick, Los Angeles, Cal., Langston Law Club, Santa Monica, Cal., Burton Marks, Beverly Hills, Cal., amicus curiae.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.

This action seeks to challenge the current method of selecting prospective jurors for service in the departments of the Los Angeles County Superior Court that are located in the Central District of the county. One group of plaintiffs (including the mayor of the City of Los Angeles and other prominent government officials) claims that the challenged system unconstitutionally diminishes their...

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