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RACHAL v. INGRAM CORP.

No. 85-4430.

795 F.2d 1210 (1986)

Jimmie R. RACHAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. INGRAM CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Diaz, Sr., Frank H. Spuiell, Jr., Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Leonard Fuhrer, John E. Morton, Alexandria, La., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before JOLLY and HILL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Rachal filed a complaint alleging a Jones Act claim and general maritime claims. He demanded a jury trial. Rachal later amended his complaint to state an action only in admiralty, an amendment that eliminated his right to a jury trial. In a ruling on a motion to clarify the issue of jury trial, the district court allowed Rachal to strike his earlier jury demand over the objection of the defendant, Ingram, who asserted that the court...

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