The clusters of procedure
An outline of the jurisdiction cluster
Federal question jurisdiction
Diversity of citizenship
Complete diversity
Amount in controversy
Aggregation
Supplemental jurisdiction
Personal jurisdiction
Traditional bases for jurisdiction
Long arm statutes
General jurisdiction
Constitutional principles
Illustrative application
Jurisdiction based on property
Federal court jurisdiction
Territoriality
Notice and opportunity to be heard
Service of process
Venue principles
Transfer of venue
Forum non conveniens
Removal
Waiver of defenses
The Erie Doctrine
Inverse Erie
Overview and particularity of pleading
Special pleading rules
Amendment of pleadings
Relation back of pleadings
Sanctions
Joinder overview
Joinder of claims
Permissive joinder of parties
Compulsory joinder of parties
Counterclaims
Cross claims
Third party claims
Class actions
Intervention
Interpleader
Discovery overview
Scope of discovery
Discovery devices
Hickman v. Taylor
Pretrial disposition
Judicial management
Trial overview
Jury trial
Beacon Theaters
Curtis v. Loether
Post trial motions
overview
Post trial motions
directed verdict
New trial motions
Conditional new trial
Partial new trial motions
Bifurcation
Appeals
appealability and scope of review
Former adjudication
overview
Claim preclusion : Res judicata
Issue preclusion : collateral estoppel
Who is bound by former adjudication.