Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Bombolis
Citations
- 241 U.S. 211
- 36 S. Ct. 595
- 60 L. Ed. 961
- 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1744
Syllabus
<p>The Seventh Amendment exacts a trial by jury according to the course of the common law, that is, by a unanimous verdict.</p> <p>The first ten Amendments are not concerned with state action and deal only with Federal action.</p> <p>The Seventh Amendment applies only to proceedings in courts of the United States; it does not in any manner govern or regulate trials by jury in state courts, nor does it apply to an action brought in the state court under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.</p> <p>A verdict in a state court in an action under the Employers’ Liability Act, which is not unanimous, but which is legal under the law of the State, is not illegal as violating the Seventh Amendment.</p> <p>While a state court may enforce a right created by a Federal statute, such court does not, while performing that duty, derive its authority as a court from the United States but from the State, and the Seventh Amendment does not apply to it.</p>
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- holding that the Seventh Amendment does not require states to provide a jury trial in civil cases
- recognizing the \concurrent power and duty of both Federal and state courts to administer the rights conferred by the statute in accordance with the modes of procedure prevailing in such courts\
- recognizing the “concurrent power and duty of both Federal and state courts to administer the rights conferred by the stat- ute in accordance with the modes of procedure prevailing in such courts”
- recognizing the “concurrent power and duty of both Federal and state courts to administer the rights conferred by the stat- ute in accordance with the modes of procedure prevailing in such courts”
- holding “the 7th Amendment applies only to proceedings in courts of the United States, and does not in any manner whatever govern or regulate trials by jury in state courts, or the standards which must be applied concerning the same”
- rejecting the notion that (continued...) – 29 – 2777 It is difficult to see why a criminal defendant would not be entitled to a jury trial under one right or the other.46 45 (...continued
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Judges: White
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