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Title
Civil procedure / Stephen C. Yeazell.
Published
New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KF8839 .Y43 2012
Edition
Eigth edition.
ISBN
9781454807100 (hardback : alkaline paper)
1454807105 (hardback : alkaline paper)
1454807105 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Description
xxvii, 928 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)774982556
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 919-920) and index.
Series
Other Editions
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Table of Contents
Preface
xxv
ch. 1
An Overview of Procedure
1
A.
The Idea and the Practice of Procedure
1
1.
Locating Procedure
1
2.
Clients, Lawyers, Procedure, and Strategy
2
B.
Where Can the Suit Be Brought?
4
1.
Personal Jurisdiction
5
2.
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
6
Hawkins v. Masters Farms, Inc.
6
Notes and Problems
9
3.
Service of Process
12
C.
Stating the Case
12
1.
The Lawyer's Responsibility
12
Bridges v. Diesel Service, Inc.
13
Notes and Problems
14
Note: Reading the Rules
15
2.
The Complaint
17
Bell v. Novick Transfer Co.
18
Notes and Problems
19
3.
The Response---Motions and Answer
20
Pre-Answer Motions
21
Notes and Problems
22
The Answer
23
Notes and Problems
25
4.
Amendment of Pleadings
26
D.
Parties to the Lawsuit
26
Larson v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co.
27
Notes and Problems
29
E.
Factual Development---Discovery
29
Butler v. Rigsby
31
Notes and Problems
34
F.
Pretrial Disposition---Summary Judgment
35
Houchens v. American Home Assurance Co.
36
Notes and Problems
40
G.
Trial
41
Norton v. Snapper Power Equipment
42
Notes and Problems
45
H.
Former Adjudication
46
Rush v. City of Maple Heights
47
Notes and Problems
52
I.
Appeals
52
Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader
53
Notes and Problems
54
Note on Appellate Structure and Jurisdiction
56
Note: Civil Procedure in Your Substantive Courses
57
pt. I
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR U.S. LITIGATION
A.
Approaching Civil Procedure
59
B.
Constitutional Limits in Litigation
60
1.
The Idea of Jurisdiction
60
2.
Jurisdiction and the Constitution
61
3.
The Constitution and Choice of Law
63
ch. 2
Personal Jurisdiction
65
A.
The Origins
65
Pennoyer v. Neff
66
Notes and Problems
72
Note on the Mechanics of Jurisdiction: Challenge and Waiver
76
Notes and Problems
77
B.
The Modern Constitutional Formulation of Power
79
1.
Redefining Constitutional Power
79
International Shoe Co. v. Washington
80
Notes and Problems
86
McGee v. International Life Insurance Co.
89
Hanson v. Denckla
90
Notes and Problems
91
2.
Absorbing In Rem Jurisdiction
91
Shaffer v. Heitner
93
Notes and Problems
100
3.
Specific Jurisdiction: The Modern Cases
103
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
103
Notes and Problems
109
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
112
Notes and Problems
117
Pavlovich v. Superior Court
118
Notes and Problems
123
J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro
124
Notes and Problems
131
4.
General Jurisdiction
132
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown
132
Notes and Problems
138
Burnham v. Superior Court
139
Notes and Problems
145
C.
Consent as a Substitute for Power
148
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
149
Notes and Problems
152
D.
The Constitutional Requirement of Notice
154
Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
156
Notes and Problems
162
Notes and Problems on Service of Process
164
E.
Self-Imposed Restraints on Jurisdictional Power: Long-Arm Statutes, Venue, and Discretionary Refusal of Jurisdiction
170
1.
Long-Arm Statutes as a Restraint on Jurisdiction
170
Gibbons v. Brown
171
Notes and Problems
173
2.
Venue as a Further Localizing Principle
174
Notes and Problems
175
Dee-K Enterprises, Inc. v. Heveafil Sdn. Bhd.
176
Notes and Problems
178
3.
Declining Jurisdiction: Transfer and Forum Non Conveniens
180
a.
Forum Non Conveniens
181
Piper Aircraft v. Reyno
181
Notes and Problems
186
ch. 3
Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts
191
A.
The Idea and the Structure of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
191
B.
Federal Question Jurisdiction
195
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley
197
Notes and Problems
199
Note: Challenging Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction
203
Notes and Problems
204
C.
Diversity Jurisdiction
207
Redner v. Sanders
207
Notes and Problems
209
Hertz Corp. v. Friend
214
Notes and Problems
216
Note: Amount in Controversy
217
D.
Supplemental Jurisdiction
221
Notes and Problems
222
In re Ameriquest Mortgage Co. Mortgage Lending Practices Litigation
224
Szendrey-Ramos v. First Bancorp
226
Notes and Problems
228
E.
Removal
229
Notes and Problems
230
Caterpillar, Inc. v. Lewis
232
Notes and Problems
235
ch. 4
State Law in Federal Courts: Erie and Its Entailments
239
A.
State Courts as Lawmakers in a Federal System
241
1.
The Issue in Historical Context
241
2.
Constitutionalizing the Issue
242
Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
244
Notes and Problems
248
B.
The Limits of State Power in Federal Courts
251
1.
Interpreting the Constitutional Command of Erie
251
Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
251
Notes and Problems
253
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative
255
Notes and Problems
257
2.
De-constitutionalizing Erie
258
Hanna v. Plumer
258
Notes and Problems
262
3.
Determining the Scope of Federal Law: Avoiding and Accommodating Erie
265
Semtek Intl. Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
266
Notes and Problems
270
Note: Interpreting State Law: An Entailment of Erie
272
pt. II
THE PROCESS OF LITIGATION
A.
Approaching Civil Procedure
275
B.
Choosing Procedure
276
C.
A Roadmap for Exploring Choices
277
ch. 5
Incentives to Litigate
279
A.
Litigation in the United States at the Start of the Twenty-First Century
279
1.
How Much Litigation?
279
Notes and Problems
285
2.
Why Litigate?
287
B.
Substitutionary Remedies
288
1.
Compensatory Damages
289
Notes and Problems
291
2.
Liquidated, Statutory, and Punitive Damages
293
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell
296
Notes and Problems
301
C.
Specific Remedies
304
1.
The Idea of Specific Relief
304
2.
A Digression on Equity and Specific Relief
304
3.
Is There a Remedial Hierarchy?
307
Sigma Chemical Co. v. Harris
308
Notes and Problems
310
D.
Declaratory Relief
312
Notes and Problems
314
E.
Financing Litigation
315
1.
The "American" and "English" Rules About Attorneys' Fees
316
Notes and Problems
318
2.
Insurance, the Contingent Fee, and Alternative Litigation Finance
319
a.
Insurance
319
Notes and Problems
319
b.
The Contingent Fee
321
Notes and Problems
325
c.
Alternative Litigation Finance
325
Notes and Problems
328
3.
Public Subsidies and Professional Charity
330
Notes and Problems
333
4.
From Fee Spreading to Fee Shifting
333
a.
The Common Fund
334
Notes and Problems
334
b.
By Contract
335
c.
By Common Law
335
d.
By Statute
335
Notes and Problems
336
Evans v. Jeff D.
337
Notes and Problems
341
Buckhannon Board and Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
342
Notes and Problems
344
F.
Temporary Remedies
345
1.
Preliminary Injunctions and Temporary Restraining Orders: The Basic Problem
345
Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
346
Notes and Problems
351
2.
Provisional Remedies and Due Process
354
Fuentes v. Shevin
354
Notes and Problems
361
ch. 6
Pleading
365
A.
The Story of Pleading
365
1.
Of Stories and Jurisdiction
366
Notes and Problems
366
2.
Plaintiff's Story, Defendant's Story
369
3.
One Function of Pleading: Defining the Law
370
Notes and Problems
372
Haddle v. Garrison (S.D. Ga. 1996)
375
Notes and Problems
376
Haddle v. Garrison (11th Cir. 1997)
378
Notes and Problems
379
Haddle v. Garrison (525 U.S. 121 (1998))
379
Notes and Problems
382
4.
Another Function of Pleading: Sorting Strong Cases from Weak Cases?
384
a.
The "Ordinary" Case: How Much Detail in a Complaint?
385
Notes and Problems
386
Ashcroft v. Iqbal
390
Notes and Problems
399
b.
Special Cases: Requiring and Forbidding Specificity in Pleading
401
Stradford v. Zurich Insurance Co.
401
Notes and Problems
403
5.
Allocating the Elements of a Claim
407
Jones v. Bock
407
Notes and Problems
410
Note: Consistency in Pleading
412
B.
Ethical Limitations in Pleading---and in Litigation Generally
413
Notes and Problems
415
Walker v. Norwest Corp.
416
Notes and Problems
419
Christian v. Mattell, Inc.
421
Notes and Problems
424
C.
Responding to the Complaint
426
1.
Default
426
Notes and Problems
426
2.
The Pre-Answer Motion (and a Close Post-Answer Relative)
427
Notes and Problems
428
Notes and Problems
429
Notes and Problems
431
3.
Answer
432
a.
Denials
432
Zielinski v. Philadelphia Piers, Inc.
433
Notes and Problems
436
b.
Affirmative Defenses
438
Notes and Problems
439
4.
Reply
441
Notes and Problems
441
5.
Amendments
443
Notes and Problems
443
a.
The Basic Problem: Prejudice
444
Beeck v. Aquaslide `N' Dive Corp.
444
Notes and Problems
448
b.
Statutes of Limitations and Relation Back
450
Moore v. Baker
450
Bonerb v. Richard J. Caron Foundation
452
Notes and Problems
454
ch. 7
Discovery
457
A.
Modern Discovery
457
B.
The Possibilities of Discovery
458
1.
Relevance
458
Davis v. Precoat Metals
459
Steffan v. Cheney
461
Notes and Problems
463
2.
The Duty to Preserve Evidence: Spoliation
464
Silvestri v. General Motors Corp.
464
Notes and Problems
468
3.
Surveying the Stages of Discovery
469
a.
Required Disclosures---First Round
472
Notes and Problems
472
b.
Documents, Things, Land, and Bytes: Request for Production (Rules 34 and 35)
474
Notes and Problems
476
c.
Asking Questions in Writing, Seeking Admissions: Interrogatories and Admissions (Rules 33, 36, and 37)
477
Notes and Problems
479
d.
More Disclosures---Expert Reports
480
e.
Asking Questions in Person: Depositions (Rules 27-32)
480
Notes and Problems
482
f.
Pretrial Witness Lists and the Pretrial Order
485
4.
Ensuring Compliance
485
Notes and Problems
486
C.
Limitations on Discovery in an Adversary System
487
1.
Privilege
487
Notes and Problems
488
2.
Trial Preparation Material
490
Hickman v. Taylor
490
Notes and Problems
495
3.
Expert Information
497
Notes and Problems
499
Thompson v. The Haskell Co.
500
Chiquita International Ltd. v. M/V Bolero Reefer
501
Notes and Problems
502
4.
Discovery and Privacy
503
Stalnaker v. Kmart Corp.
503
Notes and Problems
506
Note on Physical and Mental Examinations
507
D.
Ensuring Compliance and Controlling Abuse of Discovery
508
1.
An Anatomy of Discovery Abuses
509
Notes and Problems
510
2.
Remedies: Management and Sanctions
512
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLP
512
Notes and Problems
519
ch. 8
Resolution Without Trial
523
A.
The Pressure to Choose Adjudication or an Alternative
524
1.
Default and Default Judgments
524
Peralta v. Heights Medical Center
524
Notes and Problems
526
2.
Scheduling Orders and Failure to Prosecute: Involuntary Dismissal
528
3.
Voluntary Dismissal
529
Notes and Problems
530
B.
Avoiding Adjudication
531
1.
Negotiation and Settlement: Why Settle? And How?
532
Jane Smart v. Growco, Inc.
534
a.
Contracting to Dismiss
534
Notes and Problems
534
b.
Third-Party Participation in Settlement: Facilitation, Encouragement, and Coercion
540
Notes and Problems
541
Matsushita Elec. Industrial Co. v. Epstein
544
Notes and Problems
547
c.
Contracting for Confidentiality
548
Notes and Problems
548
Notes and Problems
550
Kalinauskas v. Wong
550
Notes and Problems
553
2.
Contracting for Private Adjudication: Arbitration and Its Variants
555
Ferguson v. Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
559
Notes and Problems
563
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion
565
Notes and Problems
574
Ferguson v. Writers Guild of America, West
576
Notes and Problems
579
C.
Adjudication Without Trial: Summary Judgment
581
Notes and Problems
581
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
585
Notes and Problems
588
Bias v. Advantage International, Inc.
591
Notes and Problems
594
ch. 9
The Trier and the Trial
597
A.
What Will the Trial Be About?
598
McKey v. Fairbairn
599
Notes and Problems
601
B.
Divided Authority in Civil Litigation
602
Reid v. San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
603
Notes and Problems
605
C.
Judge Alone, or Judge and Jury?
607
1.
Historical Reconstruction and the Seventh Amendment
608
Notes and Problems
611
2.
Applying the Historical Test to New Claims and New Procedures
612
Notes and Problems
613
D.
Choosing and Challenging Judges and Jurors
616
1.
Assembling a Jury Pool
617
2.
Challenging Individual Jurors
618
a.
Challenges for Cause
619
Thompson v. Altheimer & Gray
619
Notes and Problems
622
b.
Peremptory Challenges
624
3.
Challenging Judges
625
Notes and Problems
627
Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.
628
Notes and Problems
641
E.
Judges Controlling Juries, Juries Trumping Judges
643
1.
Instruction and Comment
644
2.
Excluding Improper Influences
645
3.
Size and Decision Rules
645
4.
Judgment as a Matter of Law
646
Notes and Problems
648
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Chamberlain
649
Notes and Problems
652
5.
New Trial
656
a.
The Justifications for New Trials
657
Lind v. Schenley Industries
658
Notes and Problems
662
b.
Conditional New Trials
662
6.
The Reexamination Clause and the Jury as a Black Box
664
Peterson v. Wilson
665
Notes and Problems
668
ch. 10
Appeal
673
A.
Who Can Appeal?
674
1.
A Losing Party: Adversity
675
Notes and Problems
675
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Cunningham
676
Notes and Problems
676
2.
Who Raised the Issue Below: Of Waivers and Sandbags
677
Notes and Problems
678
3.
Who Was Not Deterred from Appealing
681
B.
When a Decision May Be Reviewed: "Finality"
683
1.
The Final Judgment Rule
684
a.
Appellate Jurisdiction and the Final Judgment Rule
684
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Wetzel
685
Notes and Problems
689
b.
Defining the Moment of Judgment
691
Notes and Problems
692
2.
Exceptions to the Final Judgment Rule
693
a.
Practical Finality
693
Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser
693
Notes and Problems
697
b.
Injunctions
700
Notes and Problems
700
c.
Interlocutory Appeals
700
d.
Mandamus
701
Notes and Problems
702
C.
Scope of Review
703
1.
Law and Fact
703
Anderson v. Bessemer City
703
Notes and Problems
708
2.
Harmless Error
710
Harnden v. Jayco, Inc.
710
Notes and Problems
712
ch. 11
Respect for Judgments
715
A.
Claim Preclusion
716
1.
Precluding the "Same" Claim
716
a.
Efficiency
716
Frier v. City of Vandalia
717
Notes and Problems
722
b.
Consistency---The Logical Implications of the Former Judgment
725
Notes and Problems
727
2.
Between the "Same" Parties
727
Searle Brothers v. Searle
728
Notes and Problems
732
Taylor v. Sturgell
735
Notes and Problems
741
3.
After a Final Judgment
742
4.
After a Judgment "on the Merits"
743
Notes and Problems
743
Gargallo v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
745
Notes and Problems
747
B.
Issue Preclusion
749
1.
The Same Issue
750
Notes and Problems
750
2.
An Issue "Actually Litigated and Determined"
751
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad v. Parks
751
Notes and Problems
753
3.
An Issue "Essential to the Judgment"
754
Notes and Problems
756
4.
Between Which Parties?
757
a.
The "Victim" of Preclusion
757
b.
The Precluder
759
Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore
759
Notes and Problems
764
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Century Home Components
767
Notes and Problems
770
C.
The Boundaries of Preclusion
772
1.
Claim Preclusion
772
2.
Issue Preclusion
773
3.
Probing the Borderlands of Preclusion
774
Kovach v. District of Columbia
774
Notes and Problems
777
D.
Repose: Collateral Attack and Reopened Judgments
778
1.
Full Faith and Credit as a Bar to Collateral Attack
779
Durfee v. Duke
779
Notes and Problems
783
2.
The Reopened Judgment as an Alternative to Collateral Attack
786
United States v. Beggerly
786
Notes and Problems
789
pt. III
PROBING THE BOUNDARIES: ADDITIONAL CLAIMS AND PARTIES
ch. 12
Joinder
793
A.
Joinder of Claims
793
1.
Joinder of Claims by Plaintiff
794
a.
Historical Background
794
b.
The Federal Rules
794
c.
Joinder and Jurisdiction
795
Notes and Problems
796
2.
Claims by the Defendant: Counterclaims
797
Plant v. Blazer Financial Services
798
Notes and Problems
801
B.
Joinder of Parties
806
1.
By Plaintiffs
806
Mosley v. General Motors Corp.
806
Notes and Problems
809
2.
By Defendants: Third-Party Claims
812
Price v. CTB, Inc.
812
Notes and Problems
814
3.
More Complex Litigation
818
Notes and Problems
818
Kroger v. Omaha Public Power District
820
Notes and Problems
820
Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
823
Notes and Problems
826
4.
Compulsory Joinder
829
Temple v. Synthes Corp.
829
Notes and Problems
831
Helzberg's Diamond Shops v. Valley West Des Moines Shopping Center
833
Notes and Problems
836
C.
Intervention
839
Natural Resources Defense Council v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
840
Notes and Problems
844
Martin v. Wilks
846
Notes and Problems
850
D.
Interpleader
852
Paragon Molding, Ltd. v. Safeco Insurance Company
854
Notes and Problems
859
E.
Class Actions
859
1.
Introduction
859
2.
The Class Action and the Constitution
861
a.
Representative Adequacy
861
Hansberry v. Lee
862
Notes and Problems
867
b.
Jurisdiction
868
Phillips Petroleum v. Shutts
868
Notes and Problems
873
Note: Class Actions, Federalism, and Jurisdiction
873
Notes and Problems
875
3.
Statutory Requirements
877
Notes and Problems
881
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes
882
Notes and Problems
892
4.
Settlement of Class Actions and the "Settlement Class"
894
Notes and Problems
895
a.
Fees
896
Notes and Problems
897
b.
Damages and Injunctive Relief
898
c.
Settlement and Dismissal
899
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor
899
Notes and Problems
906
Table of Cases
911
Table of Citations to the Judicial Code (28 U.S.C.)
915
Table of Citations to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
917
Table of Authorities
919
Index
921