Whether the Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury must be preserved in suits at common law where the equity value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A serious conflict exists between decisions rendered from this Court and lower state courts, along with constitutional provisions and statutes, in deciding whether or not a : trial by jury in suits at common law must be preserved when the equity value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars. The lower state courts disagree stating that the summary judgment procedure in a : civil case does not violate the constitutional right to a trial by jury citing a long-held case law in California, Scheiding v. Dinwiddie Constr. Co., (1999) 69 Cal.App.4th 64, 70. See :