virginian: I don't think the appeals court ever orders that a case be reheard by a jury, but the end result of that court overturning any part of the summary judgement would most likely result in a jury trial for that part of the judgement.
However, it is important to note that the summary judgement covers a multiple number of judgements, and is not a single item. It would be incredibly difficult for RA to get even a majority of the judgement overturned unless the judge is totally incompetent.
There's a long way to go still on the appeal. As far as I can see, a notice of appeal is all that RA has filed yet. From the date of that notice, he has 45 days to actually file the appeal, and another 30 days if he misses that deadline.
What you guys need to worry about more than that is the last two SEC motions. If you can get past those, which will be decided long before the appeals ever starts, then you can worry about how RA is going to get a successful appeals court outcome.
