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Elizabeth Esty: “Amendment VII: ``In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2013
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 reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.''
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Elizabeth Esty
Democratic · Connecticut
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Jan 15, 2013

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