Right to a jury trial
Hahn v. Bergen Regional Medical Center
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Philip E. Hahn asked the Supreme Court to review a New Jersey appeals court case involving Bergen Regional Medical Center and raised questions about jury trials and federal law.
- Who it affects
- The Court’s order ends Supreme Court review of Hahn’s dispute with Bergen Regional Medical Center but does not resolve the legal questions he raised.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not rule on those questions.
Hahn’s filing raised questions about jury trials and federal law in his New Jersey state-court dispute with Bergen Regional Medical Center.
Question presented
1. Does the United States guarantee the right to trial by jury, of more than just a judge-jury of one, per Article IV, section 4 of the Constitution? 2. Does voir dire in a jury trial satisfy the requirements of a Republican form of government? 3. Is a court created via NJ state law a court of the United States? 4. Is a judge presiding over a court created via NJ state law bound by a law made by a Congress of the United States? 5. Is a law created by a past Congress of the United States a valid federal law? 6. Is a law created by a past Congress of the United States part of the Supreme law of the land? 7. Can a matter be finally resolved in the absence of a jury, of more than just a judge jury of one, confirmation of the presiding judge’s finding of fact? 8. Should the current Supreme court affirm the Supreme court’s opinion in Slocum v. New York Life Insurance Co., 228 US 364?
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