Bharani Padmanabhan v. Cambridge Health Commission
ERISA
Whether the grant of summary judgment violated the Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury when the movant's 'grounds of defence' were obviously untrue
QUESTION PRESENTED In Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. United States, 187 U.S. 315 (1902) the Court explained that granting summary judgment would not violate the right to trial by jury if the movant submitted in “precise and distinct terms the grounds of defence, "which must be such as would, if true, be sufficient to defeat the plaintiffs claim in whole or in part."” If the movant’s “grounds of defence” are obviously untrue, as in this case, was the grant of summary judgment repugnant to the United States Constitution’s Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury?