Thanks Kly. But I am surprised that a
federal court would use less than 12.
In federal criminal cases you may have 8 if the parties consent. In civil trials it's not unusual for juries to have six jurors.
The Federal Rules of Civil (and Criminal) Procedure are uniform among the districts, but there is a provision that allows the individual districts to promulgate their own Local Rules. They can't infringe on substantive rights or conflict with the spirit of the Federal Rules, so they are usually limited to procedural and filing requirements. From time to time the Committee overseeing the Rules survey all the districts , classify the Local Rules by subject matter, contrast them and offer suggestions on whether the rules should be withdrawn, modified or maintained.
Years ago I worked on such a project, but the only area I researched involved eminent domain proceedings in federal court.
