McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood

McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood et al.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 28, 1983 Decided January 18, 1984
Full case name	McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood et al.
Citations	464 U.S. 548 (more) 104 S. Ct. 845; 78 L. Ed. 2d 663
Prior history	Greenwood et al. v. McDonough Power Equipment, Inc., 687 F.2d 338 (10th Cir. 1982).
Holding
Held that juror's failure to respond to question on voir dire did not require new trial absent a showing of denial of right to impartial jury.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	J. Rehnquist, joined by C.J. Burger, JJ. White, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens and O'Connor
Concurrence	J. Blackmun, joined by JJ. Stevens and O'Connor
Concurrence	J. Brennan, joined by J. Marshall

McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood, 464 U.S. 548 (1984), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that established a standard for challenging a verdict based on inaccurate answers given by prospective jurors during voir dire.^[1]

Standard

The standard adopted by the court in McDonough was that a verdict could be challenged because of inaccurate answers given during voir dire only if the juror failed to honestly answer a question and an honest answer would have provided a valid basis for a challenge for cause.^[2]

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 464

References

1. ^ Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 594
2. ^ Yeazell, p. 594

External links

• Full text of the opinion at Justia.com