Seventh Amendment of the US Constitution -- Civil Trials

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 reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

• 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