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In re Wood

140 U.S. 370 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1891-05-11 Docket No. 1581 English

Delivered by Field J.

Contents

Concurrence — Field J.

p. 370
In re WOOD, Petitioner.

Syllabus

APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
No. 1581.
Decided May 11, 1891,
and reported ante, page 278.

Concurring opinion of

I concur in the judgment in this case, but not in all the-views expressed in the opinion. I adhere -to what I said ■ in my dissent in the case of Neal v. Delaware, 103 U. S. 370 , 405, 409, that there is nothing in the late amendments to the Constitution, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth, which requires that colored citizens shall be summoned on juries,

p. 371
grand or petit, in order to secure to persons of their race justice and equality in the administration of the law; and, further, that the manner in which, jurors to serve in . the state courts shall be selected, and the qualifications they shall possess, are matters entirely of state regulation.

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