Case Categories: Jury Issues

• Butterworth v. Smith (1990)

  Butterworth v. Smith (1990) said prohibiting grand jury witnesses from disclosing their testimony after the grand jury term has expired violated First Amendment...

• Commonwealth v. Lesher (Penn. S.C.) (1828)

  In a case that offers insight into how early American courts viewed liberty of conscience, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a judge’s decision to remove...

• State v. Willson (S.C. App.) (1823)

  State v. Willson (1823 S.C. App.) offers insight into the early understanding of religious liberty in allowing exemptions to laws based on religious beliefs...

• Sugarman v. United States (1919)

  Sugarman v. United States (1919) upheld a conviction under the Espionage Act against a challenge that the judge had not given instructions about First Amendment...