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Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:
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Civil Procedure Fall 2014
(First published Jun 2014)Authors:
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)
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Civil Procedure 2021
(First published Mar 2021)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
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Units 9 & 11
(First created Apr 2021)Authors:
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
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Units 12 & 13
(First created Apr 2021)Authors:
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Units 14 & 15
(First created Apr 2021)Authors:
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
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