Publication Date: 9/25/2018
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 571
ISBNs:
Paperback: 9781543804843
Connected eBook: 9781543806151
Ebook: 9781543805574
Summary of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. A Very Short Introduction
2. Diversity Jurisdiction: The Basic Rules
3. Federal Claims and Federal Cases
4. Removal Jurisdiction: The Defendant Chooses the Forum
5. Personal Jurisdiction: Myth and Minimum Contact
6. More Personal Jurisdiction: General In Personam Jurisdiction and In Rem Jurisdiction
7. More than an Afterthought: Long-arm Statutes as a Limit on Personal Jurisdiction
8. Home and Away: Litigating Objections to the Court’s Jurisdiction
9. Due Process and Common Sense: Notice and Service of Process
10. Venue and Transfer: More Limits on the Place of Suit
11. State Law in Federal Courts: Basics of the Erie Doctrine
12. Two Ways to Run a Railroad: Substance and Procedure After York, Byrd, and Hanna
13. The Scope of the Action: Joinder of Claims and Parties Under the Federal Rules
14. Of Hooks and Nuclei: Supplemental Jurisdiction over State Law Claims
15. Sufficient Allegations: Pleading Under the Federal Rules
16. Change over Time: Amending the Pleadings Under Rule 15
17. Never Forget Rule 11: Representations to the Court
18. Technicalities, Technicalities: Pre-answer Motions Under the Federal Rules
19. Probing to the Limits: The Scope of Discovery Under the Federal Rules
20. The Basic Tools of Discovery in Federal Court
21. Dispositive Motions: Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim and Summary Judgment
22. Judgment as a Matter of Law in the Federal Courts
23. Second Time Around: The Grounds and Procedure for Motions for New Trial
24. The Quest for Finality: Claim Preclusion Under the Second Restatement of Judgments
25. Collateral Estoppel, Issue Preclusion, Whatever
26. Closing Closers: Some Practice Questions that Cross Jurisdictional Lines
27. Closing Openers: Some Looney Limericks
Index