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Legal Citation: 419 U.S. 522 (1975)

Appellant
Billy Jean Taylor

Appellee
State of Louisiana

Appellant's Claim
That Louisiana's jury selection system violated his right to trial by an impartial jury under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
William M. King

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Kendall L. Vick

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 January 1975

Decision
Louisiana's jury selection process, which excluded women who failed to register, violated Taylor's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment...