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Pernell v. Southall Realty, 416 U.S. 363 (1974)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Pernell v. Southall Realty, 416 U.S. 363 (1974)
Pernell v. Southall Realty No. 72-6041 Argued February 19, 1974 Decided April 24, 1974 416 U.S. 363
CERTIORARI TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
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Since the right to recover possession of real property was a right ascertained and protected at common law, the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution entitles either party to demand a jury trial in an action to recover possession of real property in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia under § 16-1501 of the District of Columbia Code. Pp. 369-385.
294 A.2d 490, reversed and remanded.
MARSHALL, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BRENNAN, STEWART, WHITE, BLACKMUN, POWELL, and REHNQUIST, JJ., joined. BURGER, C.J., and DOUGLAS, J., concurred in the result.
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