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That's not true. Civil cases can have a jury.

• andreyf 17y ago
  Can we have a source please, from either of you?
  • fnid2 17y ago
    it's common knowledge that many juries have ruled in favor of plaintiffs and defendants in lots of civil cases. No one needs to cite anything for this.
    • danudey 17y ago
      There's lots of common knowledge out there. The common knowledge which is true ought to be easily citeable. ;)
      • fnid2 17y ago
        Yep, that's right, that's true too. If you type "Jury trial" into bing, it #2's "in civil cases" and for that you get: U.S. Constitution extend the rights to trial by jury to include the right to jury trial for both criminal and civil matters and a grand jury for serious cases But see, I suppose there are some places where even a conversation like this could get us in jail, so maybe we shouldn't be having it... I don't know...
• mechanical_fish 17y ago
  Yes, this is true. It's in the U.S. Constitution, in fact. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial#Civil_trial_procedure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial#Civil_trial_procedur... The right to trial by jury in a civil case is addressed by the 7th Amendment, which provides: "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." Though there are also details that matter. Here's one: The right to a jury trial in civil cases does not extend to the states, except when a state court is enforcing a federally created right, of which the right to trial by jury is a substantial part.