Legal Opinion
Geneux v. Texas & Pacific Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 23, 1951No. Civ. A. 3245PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
In this case1 the defendant has filed a motion to strike the demand and prayer for *407jury trial and to transfer the case to the non-jury calendar on the ground that no right to such trial exists under the Constitution and laws of the United States, as to the issues presented.
The Seventh Amendment to our Constitution reads as follows:
“In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Dimick v. SchiedtSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Mrs. Lealon (Lois) Cooley, Individually and as Tutrix, on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Etc. v. Strickland Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- All American Airways, Inc. v. Village of CedarhurstDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1954
- Mrs. Lealon (Lois) Cooley, Individually and as Tutrix, on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Etc. v. Strickland Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972