This Comment examines the growing trend to strike jury demands in complex commercial litigation. The first section reviews the historical background of the seventh amendment right to jury trial. The second section examines Ross v. Bernhard, the leading Supreme Court precedent on the right. The writer next explores the five recent lower court cases dealing with a motion to strike jury demand. Finally the writer critically evaluates the new trend and demonstrates that Ross has been misinterpreted
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This article examines the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence relating to the historic Seventh Amendment r...
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The purpose of this article is to emphasize the Seventh Amendment\u27s reexamination clause and how ...
The right to a jury trial in civil cases, as enumerated in the Seventh Amendment to the United State...
Large institutions such as banks, franchisers, international companies, and lessors distrust juries\...
The criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial is enshrined within the U.S. Constitution as a protec...
This Comment will argue that jury nullification is not only a power enjoyed by juries throughout Ame...
In most instances the right to a jury trial either clearly does or does not exist. Yet there are som...
Recognizing the continually increasing burden placed on the jury in complex litigation cases, the au...
The seventh amendment to the United States Constitution affords the right to a jury trial to parties...
During the last forty years, the increasing complexity of problems in the law and the merger of law ...
The debate over improving the civil justice system has gone through many permutations over the years...
The Federal Bill of Rights and state constitutions rely heavily on procedural protections, especiall...
This article examines the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence relating to the historic Seventh Amendment r...
Twelve years ago, as the first Reagan administration was coming into office, it appeared that the ci...
The civil jury, though constitutionally protected by the seventh amendment, has remained a controver...
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an...
The purpose of this article is to emphasize the Seventh Amendment\u27s reexamination clause and how ...
The right to a jury trial in civil cases, as enumerated in the Seventh Amendment to the United State...
Large institutions such as banks, franchisers, international companies, and lessors distrust juries\...
The criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial is enshrined within the U.S. Constitution as a protec...
This Comment will argue that jury nullification is not only a power enjoyed by juries throughout Ame...
In most instances the right to a jury trial either clearly does or does not exist. Yet there are som...