The Seventh Amendment guarantees people the right to a jury trial in federal civil cases when the amount in question exceeds $20. It also prevents federal courts of appeals from reexamining facts established by a jury, unless such examination is allowed by common law.
Amendment VII
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.
There is a dual court system in the United States: federal and state. The Seventh Amendment requires civil jury trials only in federal courts. The right to a jury trial is guaranteed in “Suits at common law,” also known as lawsuits. This applies only to cases seeking money or property as compensation, not to cases where judges decide disputes requiring other remedies, such as ordering someone to stop an action or to fulfill a contract.
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