Legal Opinion
Jobe v. Hodge
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 20, 1969No. 49158PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
We granted writs in these consolidated cases to resolve a conflict between decisions of the First and Second Circuits on the question of whether a jury trial may be had in a case in which a public body is a party to the principal demand. 251 La. 1079, 208 So.2d 536 (1968).
In Abercrombie v. Gilfoil, La.App., 205 So.2d 461 (1967) the First Circuit held that because La.R.S. 13:5104 prohibits a jury trial of a suit against a public body, a jury trial could not be granted as to any of the defendants in a suit in which the Highway Department was one of several defendants against…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. MarionneauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- Howey v. Yellow Cab Co. (United States, Third-Party Appellant). Gutmann v. Yellow Cab Co. (United States, Third-Party Appellant)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Uarte v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1948
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Champagne v. American Southern Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Avondale Shipyards, Inc. v. Vessel Thomas E. CuffeDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1977
- Callahan v. Town of BunkieLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
- Caldwell v. Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Thomas v. W & W CLARKLIFT, INC.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
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