Rice v. Lucas’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lindsey v. Normet · Pernell v. Southall Realty · Ex Parte Higgins v. Hoctor · Vaughn v. Scade · City of St. Louis v. Smith
Most-quoted passages
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“But, as shown above, the civil-jury-trial provision of the constitutions of Missouri have repeatedly been held to apply to courts proceeding according to the course of the common law and not to special courts, such as justice of the peace, magistrate, or probate courts, which do not proceed according to the common law regardless of the type of civil case which may be involved. Under our system, the jury trial was and is available in cases filed in magistrate court whenever, and by whatever means, the case reaches the circuit court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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