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

Name: Ross v. Bernhard, 396 U.S. 531 (1970) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Ross v. Bernhard

No. 42

Argued November 10, 1969
Decided February 2, 1970
396 U.S. 531

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

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.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ross v. Bernhard, 396 U.S. 531 (1970) in 396 U.S. 531 Original Sources, accessed May 6, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GHHL7TIJ553YZQH.

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