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U.S. Constitution: Seventh Amendment

Seventh Amendment - Civil Trials

Amendment Text | Annotations

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

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Annotations

• Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
• The Right and the Characteristics of the Civil Jury
  • History
  • Composition and Functions of Civil Jury
  • Courts in Which the Guarantee Applies
  • Waiver of the Right
• Application of the Amendment
  • Cases ''at Common Law''
  • The Continuing Law-Equity Distinction
  • Procedures Limiting Jury's Role
  • Directed Verdicts
  • Jury Trial Under the Federal Employers' Liability Act
• Appeals from State Courts to the Supreme Court