On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 06:15:07PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Walter Landry wrote: > >But the venue doesn't necessarily favor one party over the > >other. > Both sides waiving the right to a jury trial? Yes, it doesn't necessarily > favor one party over the other. (Neither does choice of venue, which we also > Don't Like.) I still think it's non-free; I mean, gee, in this country, jury > trials are a *Constitutional* right. It fails the smell test. IIRC, jury trials are only a Constitutional right where *criminal* proceedings are concerned, not for civil suits. Juries are rarely insisted upon for civil cases. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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