Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:

• Civil Procedure Fall 2014

  (First published Jun 2014)

  Authors:

  • I. Glenn Cohen

  
  

  Including material from the following sections:

  • 1: Introduction
  • 3: Preliminaries 1: Notice, Service of Process, Opportunity to be Heard
  • 4: Preliminaries 2: Subject Matter Jurisdiction
  • 5: Preliminaries 3: Personal Jurisdiction
  • 6: Preliminaries 4: Venue, Transfer of Venue, Removal, Forum Non Conveniens
  • 7: Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim, More on Pleadings, and Other FRCP 12 Motions
  • 8: Expanding the Lawsuit: Joinder of Claims and Parties, and Amendments
  • 9.2.1: Introduction to Choice of Law, Vertical and Horizontal
  • 9.3: What Law to Apply in Federal Courts (aka “The Erie Problem” or “Vertical Choice of Law”)
  • 9.4: The Basics of Horizontal Choice of Law
  • 9.5: Erie, Moving Cases, and Choice of Law
  • 11: Summary Judgment
  • 12: Introduction to Trial
  • 13: Post-Trial Motions
  • 14: Appeal
  • 15: Former Adjudication: Claim and Issue Preclusion
  • 16: Class Actions
  • 17: Civil Procedure: Alternatives and Critique (We Are Unlikely to Get to This)
• Civil Procedure 2021

  (First published Mar 2021)

  Authors:

  • I. Glenn Cohen

  
  

  Including material from the following sections:

  • 2.4.3: FRCP 8(b), (c), (e)
  • 7.2.2.3: FRCP 84: Forms 11 & 15
  • 16.2.2.1: FRCP 23(b), (c)
  • 16.3.1.2: FRCP 23(e), (f), (g), (h)
• Units 9 & 11

  (First created Apr 2021)

  Authors:

  • William Locke

  
  

  Including material from the following sections:

  • 9.2: Introduction
  • 9.3.1.1: Introduction to the Pre-Erie world
  • 9.3.1.2: Mini-Lecture: From Swift to Erie (15 mins)
  • 9.3.1.3: Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  • 9.3.1.4: Case Note: Erie
  • 9.3.1.5: Guaranty Trust v. York
  • 9.3.1.6: Case Note: Guaranty Trust
  • 9.3.1.7: Between Guaranty Trust and Byrd
  • 9.3.1.8: Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Elec. Cooperative Inc.
  • 9.3.1.9: Case Note: Byrd
  • 9.3.1.10: Hanna v. Plumer
  • 9.3.1.11: Case Note: Hanna
  • 9.3.2.1: Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
  • 9.3.2.3: Stewart Organization Inc. v. Ricoh Corp.
  • 11.1.3: FRCP 56
• Units 12 & 13

  (First created Apr 2021)

  Authors:

  • William Locke

  
  

  Including material from the following sections:

  • 12.1.2: FRCP 38
  • 12.1.3: FRCP 39
  • 12.3.1: Selection and Composition of the Jury
  • 12.4.1: Note on Taking the Case from the Jury: Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law
  • 12.4.2: FRCP 50
  • 13.1.1: FRCP 50
  • 13.2.1: FRCP 50(c)-(e)
  • 13.2.2: FRCP 59
  • 13.3.2: Powers v. Allstate Insurance
  • 13.4.1: FRCP 60(a)-(c)
• Units 14 & 15

  (First created Apr 2021)

  Authors:

  • William Locke

  
  

  Including material from the following sections:

  • 14.1.3: Note on the Final Judgment Rule
  • 14.2.3: More on the Collateral Order Doctrine
  • 14.4.1: Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) 4(a)
  • 15.1.4: Additional Notes on Claim Preclusion
  • 15.2.1.2: Cromwell v. County of Sac
  • 15.2.1.3: More on the "Actually Litigated" Requirement
  • 15.2.2.1: Traditional Mutuality and Indemnification
  • 15.2.2.2: Bernhard v. Bank of America
  • 15.2.2.3: Blonder-Tongue Laboratories Inc. v. University of Ill. Foundation
  • 15.2.2.4: Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore
  • 15.2.2.5: Offensive vs. Defensive Collateral Estoppel