Stone v. Wisconsin is a United States Supreme Court case that was decided in 1876. The case involved a dispute between the state of Wisconsin and a man named William Stone. Stone had been convicted of a crime in Wisconsin and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Stone argued that his conviction was unconstitutional because the jury that convicted him was not composed of a fair cross-section of the community. The Supreme Court held that the jury selection process used by Wisconsin did not violate the Constitution. The Court reasoned that the Constitution does not require a jury to be composed of a fair cross-section of the community. The Court noted that the Constitution only requires that the jury selection process be fair and impartial. The Court found that the jury selection process used by Wisconsin was fair and impartial and thus did not violate the Constitution. In conclusion, the Supreme Court held that the jury selection process used by Wisconsin did not violate the Constitution. The Court found that the process was fair and impartial and thus did not violate the Constitution.

Justice Field delivered the dissenting opinion in Stone v. Wisconsin, arguing that the majority's decision was contrary to both precedent and reason. He argued that a state cannot be allowed to tax property of citizens without their consent, as this would amount to an unconstitutional taking of private property for public use without just compensation. Furthermore, he noted that while states have broad powers over taxation within their borders, they must still adhere to constitutional limits on those powers; here, he felt the majority had failed to do so by allowing Wisconsin's tax law in question stand despite its clear violation of due process rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. In conclusion Justice Field stated his belief that if such laws were allowed then no citizen could feel secure in their right against arbitrary deprivation or destruction of private property at any time by a state government.