Jimmy L. Davis v. Patricia Ann Slater

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Davis's motion to strike Slater's jury demand. It held that the constitutional amount-in-controversy threshold protects, but does not exclusively define, the right to a civil jury trial, and that the applicable statute did not expressly abrogate the common-law entitlement below that threshold. Because Slater had timely demanded a jury trial, Davis could not withdraw that election without her consent.