Sarsvatkumar Patel v. Long Island University
In a Title VII and FMLA discrimination and retaliation case, does denying a jury trial to a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily chose trial over settlement violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a trial by jury?
Does Supreme Court's review remain necessary to resolve deep and significant circuit splits regarding the proper standards for enforcing settlements, where lower courts have inconsistently enforced alleged agreements without mutual assent, a written contract, material terms, review, execution, or revocation—contradicting contract law, due process, Supreme Court precedents, and federal uniformity?
In a Title VII and FMLA discrimination and retaliation case, does denying a jury trial to a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily chose trial over settlement violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a trial by jury?