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ConHog
06-10-2012, 09:05 PM
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.


$20? Kind of surprised that they put a dollar amount in there. Guess they didn't think about inflation.

revelarts
06-10-2012, 10:23 PM
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.


$20? Kind of surprised that they put a dollar amount in there. Guess they didn't think about inflation.

Its another right down the tubes a lot of ways.

ConHog
06-10-2012, 10:25 PM
Its another right down the tubes a lot of ways.

In what ways?