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Seventh
Amendment
Proposed
on September 25, 1789. Ratified on December 15, 1791.
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.
Order
of State Ratification
| New
Jersey |
Nov
20, 1789 |
Maryland |
Dec
19, 1789 |
| North
Carolina |
Dec
22, 1789 |
South
Carolina |
Jan
19, 1790 |
| New
Hampshire |
Jan
25, 1790 |
Delaware |
Jan
28, 1790 |
| New
York |
Feb
24, 1790 |
Pennsylvania |
Mar
10, 1790 |
| Rhode
Island |
Jun
7, 1790 |
Vermont |
Nov
3, 1791 |
| Virginia |
Dec
15, 1791 |
Massachusetts |
Mar
2, 1939 |
| Georgia |
Mar
18, 1939 |
Connecticut |
Apr
19, 1939 |
| Denotes
last state required for ratification. |
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References
and Articles |
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Whatever
Happened to Jury Trial in Antitrust Cases?
7th
Amendment--Right to Trial
7th
Amendment
Historical
Abridgement of the 7th Amendment Right to
Civil Jury Trial
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