ROSS V. BERNHARD, 396 U. S. 531 (1970)

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Ross v. Bernhard, 396 U.S. 531 (1970)

Ross v. Bernhard

No. 42

Argued November 10, 1969

Decided February 2, 1970

396 U.S. 531

Syllabus

The right to trial by jury preserved by the Seventh Amendment extends to a stockholder's derivative suit with respect to those issue as to which the corporation, had it been suing in its own right, would have been entitled to a jury trial.

403 F.2d 909, reversed.