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Title
Civil procedure : doctrine, practice, and context / Stephen N. Subrin [and others].
Published
New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2012.
Call Number
KF8839 .C452 2012
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
9781454807087
1454807083
1454807083
Description
xxxvii, 1,325 pages ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)776142374
Note
Includes index.
Series
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Added Author
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Exercises
xxvii
Preface to the Fourth Edition
xxxi
Preface to the First Edition
xxxv
1.
An Introduction to Civil Procedure
1
A.
What Students Should Know From the Start
2
1.
Why Procedure Matters
2
2.
What Is "Civil Procedure"?
3
3.
Meeting the Players and the Institutions
4
a.
Parties
5
b.
Jurisdiction
5
c.
Remedies
6
4.
Sources for the Rules and Doctrines
6
5.
How to Approach Studying
8
6.
About This Book
9
7.
Law as Theater
10
The Promise of American Law: A Theological, Humanistic View of Legal Process / Milner S. Ball
11
B.
An Opening Case: The Power and Limits of Courts
12
1.
Reading the Case
12
2.
Reading a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
13
3.
Background of United States v. Hall
15
4.
The Opinion
18
United States v. Hall
18
Comments and Questions
23
C.
The Right to Be Heard: Elements and History of Due Process
24
1.
Background of Goldberg v. Kelly
25
2.
The Complaint
26
3.
The Supreme Court's Response
32
Goldberg v. Kelly
32
Comments and Questions
38
The Supreme Court and Litigation Access Fees: The Right to Protect One's Rights / Frank L. Michelman
41
A Relational Model of Authority in Groups / E. Allan Lind
42
4.
Costs of Process
44
Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Eldridge
45
Comments and Questions
51
The Supreme Court's Due Process Calculus for Administrative Adjudication: Three Factors in Search of a Theory of Value / Jerry L. Mashaw
52
The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis / Louis Kaplow
60
Comments and Questions
65
5.
Enemy Combatants and Due Process
66
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
66
Comments and Questions
75
Practice Exercise No. 1
Designing a Sound Dispute Resolution Process
76
Connecticut v. Doehr
77
D.
Access to Lawyers and to the Legal System
82
1.
Access to Court
82
Boddie v. Connecticut
82
Comments and Questions
87
2.
Access to a Lawyer
88
Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham County, North Carolina
88
Comments and Questions
100
3.
Civil Legal Assistance
102
Turner v. Rogers
102
Comments and Questions
110
2.
Remedies and Stakes
115
A.
Introduction
115
B.
Provisional Relief
116
1.
Securing the Judgment: Attachments, Garnishments, and Sequestration
117
2.
Preserving the Status Quo
118
U.S. v. New York Times Co., et al.
118
Comments and Questions
122
Practice Exercise No. 2
Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
125
C.
Final Relief
127
1.
Equitable Relief
127
Walgreen Co. v. Sara Creek Property Co.
127
Comments and Questions
131
Practice Exercise No. 3
Equitable Relief in Carpenter and City of Cleveland
134
2.
Enforcement of Equitable Relief
135
3.
Note on Declaratory Relief
136
4.
Damages
136
Carey v. Piphus
137
Comments and Questions
143
5.
Punitive Damages
144
Comments and Questions
147
Practice Exercise No. 4
Damages in Carpenter and City of Cleveland
148
6.
Enforcement of Damages
148
D.
Settlement
149
Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law / Steven Shavell
150
Comments and Questions
153
E.
Financing Litigation
154
1.
The "American Rule"
155
2.
Fee-Shifting Statutes
156
3.
The Effect of Rule 68 Settlement Offers on Attorneys' Fees
157
Marek v. Chesny
157
Comments and Questions
165
Practice Exercise No. 5
Revising Fed. R. Civ. P. 68
168
4.
Conditional Offer of Settlement
169
Comments and Questions
170
5.
Frivolous Claims
170
6.
Assessing the Value of Legal Services
171
City of Riverside v. Rivera
171
Comments and Questions
177
7.
The Contingency Fee
178
8.
Third-Party Litigation Financing
179
Litigation Finance: A Market Solution to a Procedural Problem / Jonathan T. Molot
180
Comments and Questions
183
Practice Exercise No. 6
Fee Arrangements in Carpenter and City of Cleveland
183
F.
Contempt
183
Legal Modernism / David Luban
184
Walker v. City of Birmingham
186
Comments and Questions
193
Letter From Birmingham City Jail / Martin Luther King, Jr.
195
3.
Thinking Like a Trial Lawyer, Pleadings, and Joinder
205
A.
Introduction
205
B.
The Stages and Essential Concepts of a Civil Litigation
205
C.
Claims, Causes of Action, and Elements
215
Practice Exercise No. 7
Initial Strategy Session in Carpenter
218
D.
Pleadings and Amendments
219
1.
The Purpose and Doctrine of Complaints
220
Conley v. Gibson
221
Comments and Questions
224
Ashcroft v. Iqbal
226
Comments and Questions
240
Bower v. Weisman
242
Comments and Questions
248
Practice Exercise No. 8
Analyzing 12(b)(6) and 12(e) Motions in Carpenter
249
2.
Strategy Considerations
249
Practice Exercise No. 9
Considering the City of Cleveland Complaint
250
3.
Technical Pleading Requirements
251
Comments and Questions
252
4.
Anonymous Plaintiffs
252
Doe v. United Services Life Insurance Company
253
Comments and Questions
255
5.
Answers, Motions, and Affirmative Defenses
257
a.
Preliminary Motions
257
b.
Motions to Dismiss
258
c.
Answers
261
d.
Admissions and Denials
262
e.
Affirmative Defenses
264
Practice Exercise No. 10
Analyzing the Answer in Carpenter
266
Review Exercise No. 1
267
6.
Amendments
269
Singletary v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
273
Krupski v. Costa Crociere S.P.A.
282
Comments and Questions
289
Practice Exercise No. 11
Argument on Plaintiff's Motion to Amend in Carpenter
291
Note: Tips on Arguing Motions
293
E.
The Historical Background of Civil Procedure
294
1.
Where Are We Heading?
294
2.
The Common Law and Equity
298
a.
Common Law Procedure
298
b.
Equity Procedure
299
c.
The Common Law Mentality in Pre-Twentieth-Century America
300
Comments and Questions
301
3.
David Dudley Field and the Field Code: The Multiple Agendas of Procedural Reformers
302
What Shall Be Done with the Practice of the Courts? / David Dudley Field
303
Comments and Questions
305
4.
The Historical Background of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
306
a.
The Rules of Decision Act, Process and Conformity Acts, and the Enabling Act
306
b.
The Enabling Act and the Drafting of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
310
Comments and Questions
311
Comments / Charles E. Clark
311
Comments and Questions
313
5.
Civil Procedure Today
315
Agenda for 2000 A.D.---A Need for Systematic Anticipation / Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
318
Are We Asking Too Much of Our Courts? / Simon H. Rifkind
319
Varieties of Dispute Processing / Frank E. A. Sander
322
Commentary / Laura Nader
323
F.
Sanctions
325
Chaplin v. Dupont Advance Fiber Systems
326
Comments and Questions
331
Practice Exercise No. 12
Reviewing the City of Cleveland Complaint Under Rule 11
336
G.
Simple Joinder
337
Lopez v. City of Irvington
339
Comments and Questions
343
H.
Counterclaims and Cross-Claims
346
Podhorn v. Paragon Group. Inc.
346
Comments and Questions
347
Practice Exercise No. 13
Considering Counterclaims, Cross-Claims, and Rule 13(b) Additional Parties in Carpenter
349
I.
Third-Party Practice
350
Gross v. Hanover Ins. Co.
350
Comments and Questions
352
Practice Exercise No. 14
Considering Cross-Claims and Impleaders in City of Cleveland
354
J.
An Introduction to Necessary and Indispensable Parties
355
Temple v. Synthes Corporation. Ltd.
355
Comments and Questions
357
Motley, Loadholdt, Richardson & Poole, P.A. / Daynard v. Ness
359
Comments and Questions
368
K.
Interpleader
368
L.
Intervention
369
United States v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co., et al.
370
Comments and Questions
372
Review Exercise No. 2
373
Review Exercise No. 3
375
4.
Discovery
377
A.
Introduction
377
B.
Discovery and Its Tensions
380
1.
Discovery in an Adversary System
381
Hickman v. Taylor
382
Comments and Questions
388
The Adversary Character of Civil Discovery / Wayne Brazil
392
Defense of the Adversarial Process / Stephen Landsman
395
Comments and Questions
397
ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility
398
ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
399
Comments and Questions
400
2.
Efficiency and Effectuation Values in Discovery
401
Discovery Reform / Loren Kieve
401
Comments and Questions
402
Giving The "Haves" a Little More / Elizabeth G. Thornburg
404
Comments and Questions
406
C.
The Mechanics of Discovery
408
1.
The Scope of Discovery
409
Moss v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.
409
Comments and Questions
417
Practice Exercise No. 15
Analyzing the Scope of Discovery in City of Cleveland
417
2.
Mandatory Initial Disclosures
418
Comments and Questions
419
3.
Discovery Techniques
420
a.
A Brief Introduction to the Rules of Evidence
421
b.
Depositions
425
c.
Written Interrogatories
427
d.
Production of Documents and Things
428
e.
Physical and Mental Examinations
428
f.
Requests for Admissions
429
g.
Informal Discovery
429
h.
Experts
430
Comments and Questions
431
Practice Exercise No. 16
Drafting Interrogatories in City of Cleveland
432
Practice Exercise No. 17
Ethical Issues in Discovery
432
4.
The Phenomenon of Electronic Discovery
434
Teague v. Target Corp.
437
Comments and Questions
439
Helmert v. Butterball, LLC
440
Comments and Questions
452
Cost-Shifting in E-Discovery / Thomas Y. Allman
452
Comments and Questions
456
Practice Exercise No. 18
E-Discovery in City of Cleveland
456
Practice Exercise No. 19
Evaluating Discovery in Carpenter v. Dee
457
D.
Transnational Discovery
458
Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v. United States District Court
463
Comments and Questions
468
ALI/UNIDROIT, Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure
468
E.
Procedural Rulemaking
470
The Paradox of Delegation: Interpreting the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure / Catherine T. Struve
470
Ignorance and Procedural Law Reform / Stephen B. Burbank
471
Federal Civil Rulemaking / Laurens Walker
472
Letter of Transmittal From Chief Justice Rehnquist
473
Practice Exercise No. 20
Assessing the Rulemaking Process
476
5.
The Right to Jury Trial and Judicial Control of Results
479
A.
Values and Historical Background
479
1.
Introduction
479
2.
The Debate Over the American Civil Jury
481
Courts on Trial / Jerome T. Frank
482
The Dignity of the Civil Jury / Harry Kalven
484
Judging the Jury / Neil Vidmar
486
Comments and Questions
487
3.
The Historical Background of the Modern American Civil Jury
496
B.
The Right to Jury Trial in Civil Cases in Federal Court
497
Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers, Local no. 391 v. Terry
498
Comments and Questions
506
Practice Exercise No. 21
Legislative Exercise Regarding Right to Jury Trial
508
Practice Exercise No. 22
Law Firm Strategy Session Regarding Jury Trial in City of Cleveland
508
C.
Jury Selection: Techniques and Purposes, Including Peremptory Challenges
509
1.
Attorney Behavior
509
Comments and Questions
511
Judging the Jury / Neil Vidmar
511
Federal Jury Selection Statutes
513
Comments and Questions
514
2.
Peremptory Challenges and Discrimination
514
Comments and Questions
515
D.
Summary Judgment
521
1.
An Extraordinary Remedy
524
Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
524
Background of Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
531
Comments and Questions
535
2.
A Focal Point of Litigation
535
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
535
Comments and Questions
543
Scott v. Harris
547
Comments and Questions
557
3.
The Fact-Law Distinction
558
Summary Judgment Under the Federal Rules: Defining Genuine Issues of Material Fact / William Schwarzer
558
4.
Strategic Considerations
560
Practice Exercise No. 23
Summary Judgment Motion Session in Carpenter
561
E.
Dismissal, Directed Verdicts, Judgments Notwithstanding the Verdict, New Trial Motions, and Motions to Vacate Judgment
562
1.
Voluntary Dismissal
564
2.
Involuntary Dismissal
564
3.
Directed Verdict (Judgment as a Matter of Law)
565
4.
Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (JNOV/Renewed Judgment as a Matter of Law)
566
5.
Motions for New Trial
568
6.
Judgments as a Matter of Law and New Trial Motions in More Detail
572
Galloway v. United States
572
Comments and Questions
586
Practice Exercise No. 24
Ruling upon a Motion for Directed Verdict in City of Cleveland
590
Review Exercise No. 4
590
7.
Motion to Vacate Judgment
593
Brandon v. Chicago Board of Education
594
F.
Types of Verdicts, Bifurcation, Trifurcation, Instructions, Remittitur, and Additur
597
1.
Types of Verdicts
598
2.
Bifurcation and Trifurcation
598
Segmenting Aggregate Litigation / Ed Sherman
600
Comments and Questions
602
Practice Exercise No. 25
Motion to Bifurcate in City of Cleveland
602
3.
Jury Instructions
603
Comments and Questions
603
4.
Remittitur and Additur
606
Comments and Questions
608
Practice Exercise No. 26
Motions to Challenge a Jury Verdict
609
G.
Closing Arguments
610
The Art of Advocacy / Lloyd Paul Stryker
610
Practice Exercise No. 27
Analyzing Closing Arguments in City of Cleveland
613
Practice Exercise No. 28
Preparing and Delivering Closing Arguments in City of Cleveland
614
Note: Tips on Making a Closing Argument
614
H.
Appeals
615
Review Exercise No. 5
619
6.
Questioning and Taming the Current System
623
A.
What Are the Strengths and Limitations of Courts?
624
The Forms and Limits of Adjudication / Lon Fuller
624
The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation / Abram Chayes
628
Comments and Questions
633
Brown v. Plata
634
Comments and Questions
650
B.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
651
1.
Introduction to Mediation and Arbitration
652
2.
What Advocates Say About ADR
653
3.
What Critics Say About ADR
654
4.
The Contemporary Discourse
654
Practice Exercise No. 29
Alternative Dispute Resolution Under Local Rule
657
Practice Exercise No. 30
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Carpenter
661
5.
An Alternative to ADR
663
Litigation and Democracy: Restoring a Realistic Prospect of Trial / Stephen N. Subrin
664
C.
Managerial Judging and the Role of Courts in an Era of Alternative Dispute Resolution
667
Managing Civil Litigation: The Trial Judge's Role / William W. Schwarzer
667
Managerial Judges and Court Delay: The Unproven Assumptions / Judith Resnik
673
Practice Exercise No. 31
Review of Settlement and Consideration of Judicial Case Management
679
7.
The Choice of an Appropriate Court: Personal Jurisdiction, Notice, and Venue
681
A.
Introduction and Overview
681
B.
Jurisdiction Over the Person or Property of the Defendant
682
C.
The Traditional Conception of Personal Jurisdiction
683
Pennoyer v. Neff
684
Comments and Questions
690
Harris v. Balk
693
Comments and Questions
696
Hess v. Pawloski
696
Comments and Questions
698
D.
The Modern Conception of Personal Jurisdiction
699
International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington
699
Comments and Questions
704
E.
Note on Long-Arm Statutes
707
F.
Note on Specific as Compared to General Jurisdiction
709
G.
Note on Personal Jurisdiction in Federal Court
711
H.
Note on Personal Jurisdiction Under International Law
713
I.
Minimum-Contacts Analysis in Operation
714
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
716
Comments and Questions
726
Calder v. Jones
730
Comments and Questions
732
Asahi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. v. Superior Court of California, Solano County
736
Comments and Questions
745
J. Mcintyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro
748
Comments and Questions
765
Practice Exercise No. 32
Applying a Long-Arm Statute in Carpenter v. Dee
768
Massachusetts General Laws Jurisdiction of Courts Over Persons in Other States and Countries
769
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
770
Comments and Questions
782
Practice Exercise No. 33
Ruling on a Rule 12(b)(2) Motion to Dismiss in a Contract Action
783
J.
Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace
784
Als Scan, Inc. v. Digital Service Consultants, Inc.
784
Comments and Questions
790
Practice Exercise No. 34
Electronic Contacts and Virtual Presence
792
K.
Jurisdiction Based on the Presence of Defendant's Property
793
Shaffer v. Heitner
793
Comments and Questions
806
L.
Jurisdiction Based Solely on Personal Service Within the Forum State
809
Burnham v. Superior Court of California
809
Comments and Questions
823
M.
General Jurisdiction
825
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A., et al. v. Brown et ux., Co-Administrators of the Estate of Brown, et al.
826
Comments and Questions
833
N.
Consent
837
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
837
Comments and Questions
842
O.
Notice
846
Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
846
Comments and Questions
853
P.
Venue and Forum Non Conveniens
855
Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
857
Comments and Questions
864
Practice Exercise No. 35
Location, Location, Location
867
Review Exercise No. 6
867
8.
The Choice of an Appropriate Court: Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Removal
869
A.
Introduction to Subject Matter Jurisdiction
869
B.
Federal Question Jurisdiction
871
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Mottley
872
Comments and Questions
874
C.
Diversity Jurisdiction
880
1.
Complete Diversity
881
Ochoa v. PV Holding Corp.
882
Comments and Questions
885
2.
Amount in Controversy
887
Comments and Questions
888
Review Exercise No. 7
889
D.
Supplemental Jurisdiction
890
United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
891
Comments and Questions
894
Owen Equipment and Erection Company v. Kroger
895
Comments and Questions
899
Finley v. United States
900
The Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute: 28 U.S.C. [§] 1367
904
House Report no. 101-734
905
Comments and Questions
906
Practice Exercise No. 36
Challenging Subject Matter Jurisdiction in City of Cleveland
908
Practice Exercise No. 37
Challenging Subject Matter Jurisdiction in Carpenter
908
E.
Removal
908
Comments and Questions
910
Review Exercise No. 8
911
9.
Choice of Federal or State Law---The Erie Doctrine
915
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
916
Comments and Questions
922
Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
927
Comments and Questions
930
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
932
Comments and Questions
935
Hanna v. Plumer
936
Comments and Questions
945
Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
948
Comments and Questions
953
Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
955
Comments and Questions
963
The Last Words on Erie?
964
Shady Grove Orthopedic Assoc. v. Allstate Ins. Co.
965
Comments and Questions
980
Practice Exercise No. 38
Analyzing Vertical Choice of Law Issues in Carpenter
982
Review Exercise No. 9
982
"Reverse-Erie"
983
10.
Finality and Preclusion
985
A.
Introduction
985
Restatement (Second) of Judgments
986
B.
Claim Preclusion (Res Judicata)---"Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace"
988
1.
What Constitutes the "Same Claim"?
988
Restatement (Second) of Judgments
988
Car Carriers, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company
990
Comments and Questions
996
2.
What Constitutes a "Final Valid Judgment on the Merits"?
999
Restatement (Second) of Judgments
999
3.
"The Parties Are the Same or Are in Privity"
1000
Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, et al. / Petitioner v. Robert A. Sturgell
1001
Comments and Questions
1008
Gonzalez v. Banco Central Corp.
1009
Comments and Questions
1014
Practice Exercise No. 39
Applying Claim Preclusion Doctrine in Carpenter and City of Cleveland
1015
C.
Issue Preclusion (Collateral Estoppel)
1016
1.
In Operation
1016
David P. Hoult v. Jennifer Hoult
1016
Comments and Questions
1020
2.
"Essential to the Judgment"
1021
Jarosz v. Palmer
1021
Comments and Questions
1024
3.
Nonmutual Issue Preclusion
1025
Parklane Hosiery Co., Inc. v. Shore
1025
Comments and Questions
1033
4.
Issue Preclusion in Mass Tort Litigation
1036
Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants / C. A. Hardy
1036
Comments and Questions
1041
D.
The Counterweights to Finality
1041
Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie
1042
Comments and Questions
1048
Allen v. Mccurry
1050
Comments and Questions
1056
Summary Note on Cross-Jurisdictional Preclusion
1057
Practice Exercise No. 40
Applying Preclusion Principles
1058
Review Exercise No. 10
1059
11.
Class Actions: It All Comes Together
1063
A.
Introduction
1063
B.
Class Action Practice, Policy, and Context
1065
C.
Due Process Foundations
1068
1.
Adequacy of Representation
1068
The History Behind Hansberry v. Lee / Allen R. Kamp
1068
Hansberry v. Lee
1073
Comments and Questions
1077
2.
Participation
1078
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
1078
Comments and Questions
1086
D.
The Class Action Rule
1087
1.
The Contours of the Federal Rule
1087
2.
The Rule in Application
1091
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes
1091
Comments and Questions
1107
Practice Exercise No. 41
Motion for Class Certification in City of Cleveland
1108
Note on Subject Matter Jurisdiction in Class Action and other Complex Litigation
1109
E.
Revisiting the Judicial Role in Class Action Settlements
1112
Judge for The Situation: Judge Jack Weinstein, Creator of Temporary Administrative Agencies / Martha Minow
1113
Comments and Questions
1116
F.
Preclusion in Class Actions
1117
Martin v. Wilks
1118
Civil Rights Act of 1991
1130
Comments and Questions
1131
Practice Exercise No. 42
The Supreme Court Addresses the Constitutionality of Preclusion Under the Civil Rights Act
1131
Case Files
1135
Carpenter v. Dee
1137
City of Cleveland Firefighters
1231
Table of Cases
1301
Table of Statutes and Rules
1309
Index
1313