McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood

McDonough Power Equipment v. Greenwood
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
Case history
Prior	Greenwood et al. v. McDonough Power Equipment, Inc., 687 F.2d 338 (10th Cir. 1982).
Holding
A 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	Rehnquist, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, O'Connor
Concurrence	Blackmun, joined by Stevens, O'Connor
Concurrence	Brennan, joined by Marshall
Laws applied
Rule 61 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C. § 2111

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]