Does the Seventh Amendment preserve a party's right to a jury trial as it existed at common law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Craig v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 19 F.3d 472 (9th Cir. 1994):
The Seventh Amendment preserves a party's right to a jury trial as it existed at common law. See U.S. Const. amend. VII. Since there was no common law right to a jury trial in admiralty cases, the Seventh Amendment does not apply to suits that invoke only a federal court's admiralty jurisdiction. Waring v. Clarke, 46 U.S. (5 How.) 441, 460, 12 L.Ed. 226 (1847).
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