U.S. Constitution 7th Amendment
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Trial by jury in civil cases. 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.
[Proposed by Congress in 1789 and ratified by the necessary number of states in 1791]