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Seventh Amendment (civil jury trial right) doesn't apply to state courts, or to Puerto Rico courts

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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2015 file photo, a view of a jury box. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, pool, file)
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2015 file photo, a view of a jury box. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, pool, file)

So the First Circuit concluded yesterday in González-Oyarzun v. Caribbean City Builders, Inc., following Supreme Court precedent and reversing a contrary district court decision, which I blogged about a year ago.

The Seventh Amendment remains one of the few Bill of Rights provisions that hasn't been "incorporated" against the states via the Fourteenth Amendment. Non-trivia question: What are the others?

Thanks to How Appealing for the pointer.