Is a district court's error in denying a plaintiff's demand for a jury trial harmless?
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The following excerpt is from Davis & Cox v. Summa Corp., 751 F.2d 1507 (9th Cir. 1985):
Moreover, the district court's error was not harmless. In civil cases, the harmless error standard applies to a court's wrongful denial of a demand for a jury trial. See Atwood v. Pacific Maritime
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