McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
Perhaps the principal contribution of the Common Law to the fact-finding process is the jury trial. It is a right not to be trifled with, witness the Declaration of Independence and its denunciation of King George III: "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury." It is one of the few procedural rights in civil cases that is enshrined in the Constitution. See U.S. Const. amend. VII.
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