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· 12/1/1988

Kalan Inc. v. United States

Citations

  • 12 Ct. Int'l Trade 1142

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating the legislature cannot “destroy by legislation ... any of the substantial elements of the right of jury trial” secured, by the state constitution
  • stating the legislature cannot \destroy by legislation ... any of the substantial elements of the right of jury trial\ secured by the state constitution
  • at English common law the courts always had the inherent power to change venue to accord a fair and impartial trial
  • “The fact that the Constitution secures ‘the right of trial by jury’ by simply declaring it . . . is significant . . . of an intent to merely perpetuate the right as it then existed and was known to the people who gave to the Constitution their approbation.”

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Judges: Tsoucalas

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