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Legal Citation: 368 U.S. 57 (1961)

Appellant
Gwendolyn Hoyt

Appellee
State of Florida

Appellant's Claim
That a Florida law providing that women could serve on juries only at their own request deprived criminal defendants in the state from equal protection of the laws.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Herbert B. Ehrmann

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
George R. Georgieff

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, John Marshall Harlan II (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Charles Evans Whittaker

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
20 November 1961

Decision
The Court upheld the Florida statute, as well as Gwendolyn Hoyt's conviction.