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.

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