Is there any case law supporting the right to jury trial?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Avenue Associates, Inc. v. Buxbaum, 371 N.Y.S.2d 736, 83 Misc.2d 134 (N.Y. City Ct. 1975):
'Since the right to jury trial is a constitutional one, however . . . that discretion is very narrowly limited and must, wherever possible, be exercised to preserve jury trial.' Beacon Theatres v. Westover, 359 U.S. 500, 510, 79 S.Ct. 948, 956, 3 L.Ed.2d 988.
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