Allen, Frank v. United Cabinet Corp., LLC

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the determination of damages is part of the “substance of the common-law right of trial by jury”
• holding local federal rule for six-person jury trial in civil case comports with Seventh Amendment
• holding that the Constitution does not deny courts the authority to utilize reasonable procedural flexibility and innovation under the Rules; “[n]ew devices may be used to adapt the ancient institution to present needs and to make of it an efficient administration of justice.”
• stating that a court’s local rule enacted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071 is invalid if it conflicts with an Act of Congress or a Federal Rule
• relying on a Sixth Amendment case to sustain the constitutionality of six-member juries in civil trials
• relying on a Sixth Amendment case to sustain the constitutionality of six-member juries in civil trials

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).