Legal Opinion
Mrs. Lealon (Lois) Cooley, Individually and as Tutrix, on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Etc. v. Strickland Transportation Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1972No. 71-2956PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The appellant challenges the validity of a local rule of a federal district court providing that a civil jury “shall con*780sist of six members”. The challenge relies on (1) the Seventh Amendment, (2) F.R.Civ.P. 48, and (3) 28 U.S.C. § 2072. We uphold the validity of the local rule. See Colgrove v. Battin, 9 Cir. 1972, 456 F.2d 1379 rejecting similar attacks on a local rule adopted by the District Court for the District of Montana providing that, “A jury for the trial of civil cases shall consist of six persons . . . See also Devitt, The Six Man Jury in the Federal Court, 53…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Ross v. BernhardSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & RobesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Ex Parte PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Colgrove v. BattinSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Bryan Wilson TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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- Alfred Wilson v. Nooter Corporation, and Third-Party v. The H. K. Ferguson Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Whitehouse v. United States District CourtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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