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Seventh Amendment 

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.

• Amdt7.1 Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
  • Amdt7.1.1 The Right and the Characteristics of the Civil Jury
    • Amdt7.1.1.1  History
    • Amdt7.1.1.2  Composition and Functions of Civil Jury
    • Amdt7.1.1.3  Courts in Which the Guarantee Applies
    • Amdt7.1.1.4  Waiver of the Right
  • Amdt7.1.2 Application of the Amendment
    • Amdt7.1.2.1  Cases at Common Law
    • Amdt7.1.2.2  The Continuing Law-Equity Distinction
    • Amdt7.1.2.3  Procedures Limiting Jury’s Role
    • Amdt7.1.2.4  Directed Verdicts
    • Amdt7.1.2.5  Jury Trial Under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act
  • Amdt7.1.3  Appeals from State Courts to the Supreme Court