294 U.S. 587 (1935) Cited 527 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that, regardless of whether the mechanism employed to achieve the result, i.e., be it statutory, judicial, or administrative, the total exclusion of all persons of the African race from service on grand juries violates equal protection
Finding provision in Railway Labor Act stating that employees' right to designate representatives without interference, influence, or coercion did not violate employer's right to freedom of association
Describing Nectow as holding that "[t]he police power is subject to the constitutional limitation that it may not be exerted arbitrarily or unreasonably" (fn. omitted)