Penn v. Penn’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 48 U.S.C. § 1541 (Revised Organic Act) · 48 U.S.C. § 1561 · 48 U.S.C. § 1615
Relies on Dimick v. Schiedt · William Parsons v. Bedford Breedlove · Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc. v. Redman · United States v. Fuller · Wells v. Edwards
Most-quoted passages
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“In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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