Court Opinion

ID: 9443174
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 19:12:58.578985+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:23.834483
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Appellant’s Petition for a Rehearing.
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, in his petition for rehearing in the above entitled case, asserts that we have overruled our own case of Bruckman v. Hollzer, 9 Cir., 1946, 152 F.2d 730, and have not considered Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rules 38(a) and 39(a), 28 U.S.C.A., which “ * * * were intended to ‘preserve’ the right of trial by jury under the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States”.
We think appellant is mistaken.
We stated in our opinion that the government is moving primarily to effectuate the purposes of the rent control law and asks “an injunction be issued against further violations, that restitution of the overcharges to those overcharged be ordered, and treble damages be awarded * * Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rules 38 (a) and 39(a) preserve the right of trial by jury to issues not necessary to or those not merely incidental to the equitable jurisdiction. The Bruckman-Hollzer opinion recognizes and applies this principle as does our opinion in the instant case. It would seem hardly necessary to write into the opinion that issues not falling within the principle just stated could be tried without a jury in the face of a demand for a jury.
The petition for a rehearing is denied.