Opinion ID: 665853
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Heading: Reliance on ARCO's Jury Demand

Text: 16 Plaintiff argues that even if ARCO did not have the right to demand a jury trial, she had the right to rely on ARCO's jury demand pursuant to Rule 39(a)(1). We reject the argument. 17 Rule 39(a)(1) provides that [w]hen trial by jury has been demanded as provided in Rule 38, the action shall be designated upon the docket as a jury action. The trial of all issues so demanded shall be by jury unless the parties ... consent to trial by the court sitting without a jury. Fed.R.Civ.P. 39(a) (emphasis added). Rule 38(a) only preserves the right to a jury trial as declared by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution or as given by a statute of the United States. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 38(a). Since ARCO had neither a constitutional nor a statutory right to demand a jury trial, its jury demand could not have been made as provided in Rule 38 for purposes of Rule 39. Plaintiff was therefore not entitled to rely on ARCO's jury demand. 18