United States Ninth Circuit
PACIFIC FISHERIES CORP. v. HIH CASUALTY & GENERAL INS., LTD., 99-16209
Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 39(b), an attorney's untimely demand for a jury trial caused by his misinterpretation of court's local rules and state law is due to "inadvertence and oversight" and must be denied.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/15/2000
- Decided 02/09/2001
- Published 02/09/2001
Judges
- RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, FISHER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Dorothy F. Henson,Henson & Henson, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Robert N. Windes, Le Gros, Buchanan & Paul, Seattle, Washington, for the defendants-appellees.