County of Humboldt, a case which asks the Court to incorporate the Seventh Amendment civil jury trial right through the Fourteenth Amendment against the States. The Bill of Rights was originally ...

Kyle Peterson: The Supreme Court gives a big win to the Seventh Amendment ruling against in-house judges at the Securities and Exchange Commission and in favor of the right to a jury trial ...

The US Supreme Court sided with a Michigan prisoner seeking a jury trial on his claims against prison staff despite concerns ...

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential ruling in Optis Cellular Technology, ...

While the Sixth Amendment provides that “in all criminal prosecutions” the defendant is entitled to a jury trial, the Seventh ...

The Seventh Amendment guarantees citizens the right to a jury trial. Yet when the populace has no idea of what’s in the Constitution, that inevitably translates to an ignorant jury. However ...

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In June of 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud, the defendant has the right to a trial by jury pursuant to the Seventh Amendment of U.S ...

The court ruled on Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s routine practice of imposing fines in its administrative proceedings, used to penalize securities fraud, violates the Seventh ...