The following excerpt is from Alston v. Manson, 791 F.2d 255 (2nd Cir. 1986):
Two other considerations favor the denial of the writ sought by the petitioners. First, the number of blacks in the array summoned under the challenged statute is estimated. In previous cases involving fourteenth amendment violation claims, the actual number of the minority members summoned was known. Vasquez v. Hillery,
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