7th Amendment

Lauren Groulik Zach Bird Keith Davis Jessica Klump

“The Twenty & OverAmendment”

Suits of common law, where the

value in controversy

exceeds twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury is

preserved.

It means that if you are being sued for more

than 20 dollars, you have the right to be tried by a

jury. The case against you by that jury cannot be retried in the US for any reason outside of those provided by the

rules of civil procedure.

OR

There are two types of claims: -Legal Claims

-Equitable Claims

Beacon Theaters V. Westover

Beacon Theatres files a law suit against Fox Westover for an anti trust law violation because they have

exclusive rights to show movies before other theatres. It was viewed in terms of equality and if these two theatres were even in competition with each other.

Beacon Theatres filed a writ of mandamus.

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RULING-Court of Appeals denied Beacon's writ of mandamus. -Supreme Court reversed, granted Beacon's writ of mandamus.

-The rights of the 7th Amendment were upheld.

Dairy Queen, Inc. v. WoodThe owners of the "Dairy Queen" trademark sued a license for a

breach of contract and trademark infringement. Asked for courts to fix the issue and give them the money owed. The trademark of “Dairy Queen” cost $150,000 to be used anywhere.

RulingA unanimous Supreme Court, speaking through justice and the

rights of the 7th Amendment were not upheld.