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SHELLEY v. TRAFALGAR HOUSE PUBLIC LTD. CO.

No. 91-1213 (DRD).

987 F.Supp. 84 (1997)

Daniel W. SHELLEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TRAFALGAR HOUSE PUBLIC LIMITED CO., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

November 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Malley-Vega, San Juan, PR, for Plaintiffs.

Theodore J. Theophilos, John G. Hutchinson, Elizabeth M. Sacksteder, Sidley & Austin, New York City, Salvador Antonetti-Zegueira, Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.

Pending before the court is Defendants' Motion to Strike Jury Demand. (Docket No. 190.) The Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial on all legal suits, rather than suits in equity or admiralty. Thus, the issue before the court is whether Plaintiffs' culpa in contrahendo suit is legal or equitable in nature.

Defendants argue that the culpa in contrahendo suit is analogous...

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