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ECKSTEIN v. KIRBY

No. LR-C-78-91.

452 F.Supp. 1235 (1978)

Teresa ECKSTEIN, Plaintiff, v. William J. KIRBY, Judge, First Division, Circuit Court of Pulaski County, and the State of Arkansas, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

June 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Fussell, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff.

John Wesley Hall, Jr., Deputy Pros. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., for Kirby.

Jackson Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for the State.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

This declaratory judgment action questions the constitutionality of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 39-102(c) and (f) (Supp.1977). The challenged statutory provisions provide in pertinent part as follows: "The following are disqualified to act as grand or petit jurors: (c) Persons who are unable to speak or understand the English language. (f) Persons whose senses of hearing or seeing are substantially impaired."

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