The Seventh Amendment codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact. It is part of the Bill of Rights and it guarantees US citizens the right to a fair trial
It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).
