A very short introduction
Diversity jurisdiction : the basic rules
Federal claims and federal cases
Removal jurisdiction : the defendant chooses the forum
Personal jurisdiction : myth and minimum contact
More personal jurisdiction : general in personam jurisdiction and in rem jurisdiction
More than an afterthought : long-arm statutes as a limit on personal jurisdiction
Home and away : litigating objections to the court's jurisdiction
Due process and common sense : notice and service of process
Venue and transfer : more limits on the place of suit
State law in federal courts : basics of the Erie doctrine
Two ways to run a railroad : substance and procedure after York, Byrd, and Hanna
The scope of the action : joinder of claims and parties under the federal rules
Of hooks and nuclei : supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims
Sufficient allegations : pleading under the federal rules
Change over time : amending the pleadings under Rule 15
Technicalities, technicalities : pre-answer motions under the federal rules
Probing to the limits : the scope of discovery under the federal rules
The basic tools of discovery in federal court
Dispositive motions : dismissal for failure to state a claim and summary judgment
Judgment as a matter of law in the federal courts
Second time around : the grounds and procedure for motions for new trial
The quest for finality : claim preclusion under the second restatement of judgments
Collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, whatever
Closing closers : some practice questions that cross jurisdictional lines
Closing openers : some looney limericks.