Civil procedure examples and explanations

636 Pages·1997·59.27 MB·English

by  Joseph W. Glannon

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EXAMPLES AND EXPLANATIONS
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Joseph W. Glanno

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Contents
Preface to Students ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Special Notice xiii
PART ONE: CHOOSING A PROPER COURT
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1. Personal Jurisdiction: The Enigma ofMinimum
Contacts 3
2. Statutory Limits on Personal Jurisdiction: The Reach
and Grasp ofthe Long-Arm 23
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3. Seeking the Field Advantage: Challenges to
Personal Jurisdiction 41
4. Diversity Jurisdiction: When Does Multiplicity
Constitute Diversity? 55
5. Personal and Subject Matter Jurisdiction Compared:
The First Two Rings 73
6. Second-Guessing the Plaintiff's Choice ofForum:
Removal 85
7. Proper Venue in Federal Courts: A Rough Measure
ofConvenience 101
8. Choosing a Proper Court: The Three Rings
Reconsidered 119
PART TWO: STATE LAW IN FEDERAL COURTS 133
9. Easy Erie: The Law ofRome and Athens 135
10. Eerie Erie: The Substance/Substance Distinction 159
11 Erie and State Choice ofLaw: Vertical Uniformity
and Horizontal Chaos 183
PART THREE: THE SCOPE OF THE ACTION 203
12. Sculpting the Lawsuit: The Basic Rules ofJoinder 205
13. Into the Labyrinth: Joinder of Parties under Rule 14 221
14. Jurisdictional Fellow Travelers: Supplemental
233
Jurisdiction
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15. Jurisdiction vs. Joinder: The Difference between
Power and Permission 255
PART FOUR: STEPS ESI THE LITIGATION PROCESS 265
16. The Bearer of Bad Tidings: Service of Process in the
Federal Courts 267
17. Getting OffEasy: The Motion to Dismiss 287
18. The Scope of Discovery: The Rules Giveth, and the
Rules Taketh Away 301
19. Tools ofthe Trade: Basic Methods ofDiscovery 323
20. Defective Allegation or Insufficient Proof?: Dismissal
for Failure to State a Claim Compared to Summary
Judgment 365
21. The Judge and the Jury, Part One: Judgment as a
Matter ofLaw (Directed Verdict) 385
22. The Judge and the Jury, Part Two: Whose Case Is
This, Anyway? 405
PART FIVE: THE EFFECT OF THE JUDGMENT 425
23. Res Judicata: The Limits of Procedural Liberality 427
24. Res Judicata and the Rules ofJoinder: When Does
May Mean Must} 445
25. Collateral Estoppel: Fine-Tuning the Preclusion
Doctrine 459
26. The Obscure Kingdom: Nonmutual Collateral
Estoppel 473
PART THINKING PROCEDURALLY: THE RULES
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IN ACTION 493
27. An Introduction to Pretrial Litigation: Setting the
Stage for the Schulansky Case 495
28. First Moves: Schulansky Goes to Court 505
29. A Change ofForum: Ronan Removes to Federal Court 525
30. The Defendant's Perspective: Ronan's Answer and
Counterclaim 535
31. Chain Reaction: Ronan Brings in Jones 551
32. Preliminary Objections: Jones Seeks a Way Out 563
33. A Tactical Dilemma: Ronan's Motion for Summary
Judgment 581
Index 605