George Farias v. Bexar County Board of Trustees for Mental Health Mental Retardation Services

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1991-04-12

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CLARK, Chief Judge, dissenting: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 38 and 39 preserve and embody the right to a trial by jury as guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 38(a). Rule 39(b) provides: “[Notwithstanding the failure of a party to demand a jury in an action in which such a demand might have been made of right, the court in its discretion upon motion may order a trial by a jury of…

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