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What Price Jury Trials, Jeff B. Fordham
What Price Jury Trials, Jeff B. Fordham
West Virginia Law Review
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Courts-Power To Direct Verdicts Where Forbidden By State Constitution
Courts-Power To Direct Verdicts Where Forbidden By State Constitution
Michigan Law Review
ln a suit for personal injuries the district court of the United States for the district of Arizona directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence. The constitution of Arizona, sec. 5, art. 18 provides: "The defense of contributory negligence or of assumption of risk shall, in all cases whatsoever, be a question of fact and shall, at all times, be left to the jury." Held, that this section is not binding on a federal court sitting in Arizona, and does not prevent such court from directing a verdict when …