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United States (1943), the Court permitted a directed verdict (a verdict ordered by a judge on the basis of overwhelming lack of evidence) in a civil suit, finding that it did not violate the Seventh Amendment under the fixed historical test. [19] The Court extended the amendment's guarantees in Beacon Theatres v.
Pages in category "United States Seventh Amendment case law" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg, 492 U.S. 33 (1989), is a 1989 United States Supreme Court case concerning the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.In a majority opinion by William J. Brennan, Jr., the Court held that the Seventh Amendment guaranteed individuals the right to a jury trial if they are sued by a bankruptcy trustee seeking the recovery of an allegedly fraudulent ...
Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., 523 U.S. 340 (1998), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that if there is to be an award of statutory damages in a copyright infringement case, then the opposing party has the right to demand a jury trial.
The ruling held that some U.S. Security Exchange Commission administrative proceedings violated the defendant’s 7th Amendment rights to a jury trial. In that case — SEC v. Jarkesy — the ...
The Federal Circuit Appeals Court summarily affirmed the PTAB's ruling, [13] [8] leading Oil States' to petition the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to hear the case in November 2016. The Court granted certiorari in June 2017 specifically to address the Article III and Seventh Amendment questions raised by Oil States. [14] [15]
Justice Samuel Alito, another conservative, said that the SEC's ability to choose which cases go to court appeared to be an "pretty patent evasion" of the Constitution's 7th Amendment right to a ...
The court said the 7th Amendment and its right to a jury trial is not limited to private lawsuits, but extends to suits brought by the government seeking fines or penalties for violating the law ...