<P> Although it has not happened since 1794 in the case of Georgia v. Brailsford, parties in an action at law in which the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction may request that a jury determine issues of fact . </P> <P> In 1950, in the case United States v. Louisiana, the state of Louisiana moved for a jury trial, but the Court denied the motion, ruling that the suit was an equity action and not an action at law, and that therefore the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a jury trial did not apply . If a matter involving an action at law did come before the court, however, a jury might be empaneled . The Court noted in a footnote in the decision that under 28 U.S.C. 1872: "In all original actions at law in the Supreme Court against citizens of the United States, issues of fact shall be tried by a jury ." However, it did not decide whether the statute and the Seventh Amendment required such a jury . </P>

When does the supreme court not have original jurisdiction