RICHLAND v. CRANDALL

No. 65 Civ. 1625.

259 F.Supp. 274 (1966)

Sylvia RICHLAND, M. Klastorin, Morris Millimet and Anne Fagen, Plaintiffs, v. Lou R. CRANDALL et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for plaintiff Sylvia Richland. Paul L. Ross, New York City, of counsel.

Kaufman, Taylor, Kimmel & Miller, New York City, for plaintiff M. Klastorin. Stanley L. Kaufman, New York City, of counsel.

Kramer, Bandler & Labaton, New York City, for plaintiff Morris Millimet. Edward Labaton, New York City, of counsel.

Milberg & Levy, New York City, for plaintiff Anne Fagen. Irving Steinman, New York City, of counsel.

Kramer, Marx, Greenlee & Backus, New York City, for defendant George A. Fuller Co. John J. Hayes and Michael B. McLearn, New York City, of counsel.

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for defendants BCLM, Inc., Cloyce K. Box and William V. Lawson. Cornelius B. Prior, Jr., and John F. Arning, New York City, of counsel.

Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, New York City, for defendants Edwin J. Beinecke, William S. Beinecke, Henry C. Von Elm, John S. Hilson, Kenneth F. MacLellan, Charles J. Stewart, Barry T. Leithead and Ellis D. Slater. John Holbrook, New York City, of counsel.

White & Case, New York City, for defendants Lou R. Crandall, James F. Murphy, Neil Horgan, Lewis E. Alford, Thornwald S. Paulsen, Hugh E. Drayer and Clyde C. Roth. Paul J. Bschorr, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

MANSFIELD, District Judge.

A threshold question is whether plaintiffs are entitled to a jury trial of their claims against all defendants except The Chase Manhattan Bank pursuant to plaintiffs' demand made on December 20, 1965.1 The defendants (other than Chase) have moved to strike the demand on the grounds (1) that the action is exclusively equitable, and (2) that any right to a jury has been waived.

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