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Re-Tailoring Jury Trial Rights, Richard C. Reuben
Re-Tailoring Jury Trial Rights, Richard C. Reuben
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The debate over improving the civil justice system has gone through many permutations over the years. Discovery, punitive damages and alternative dispute resolution are but a few of the paths that have been pursued. A case argued to the U.S. Supreme Court in January addresses the question from yet another-and potentially a more fundamental direction: the reach of the Seventh Amendment's guarantee of a jury trial in civil cases in federal court.