Civil procedure : examples and explanations / Joseph W. Glannon, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School.
2018
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Civil procedure : examples and explanations / Joseph W. Glannon, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School.
Published
New York : Wolters Kluwer, [2018]
Call Number
KF8840 .G53 2018
Edition
Eighth edition.
ISBN
9781454894025 (paperback)
1454894024 (paperback)
1454894024 (paperback)
Description
xvii, 731 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1014011907
Summary
"Study aid with examples-and-explanations pedagogy, focusing on the principles of civil procedure"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Preface to Students
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
Special Notice
xvii
Table of Cases
707
Index
715
pt. I
CHOOSING A PROPER COURT
ch. 1
Personal Jurisdiction: The Enigma of Minimum Contacts
3
ch. 2
Statutory Limits on Personal Jurisdiction: The Reach and Grasp of the Long-Arm
27
ch. 3
Seeking the Home Field Advantage: Challenges to Personal Jurisdiction
47
ch. 4
Federal Questions and Federal Cases: Jurisdiction over Cases "Arising under" Federal Law
63
ch. 5
Diversity Jurisdiction: When Does Multiplicity Constitute Diversity?
89
ch. 6
Personal and Subject Matter Jurisdiction Compared: The First Two Rings
109
ch. 7
Second-Guessing the Plaintiff's Choice of Forum: Removal
123
ch. 8
Proper Venue in Federal Courts: A Rough Measure of Convenience
141
ch. 9
Choosing a Proper Court: The Three Rings Reconsidered
159
pt. II
STATE LAW IN FEDERAL COURTS
ch. 10
Easy Erie: The Law of Rome and Athens
177
ch. 11
Eerie Erie: The Substance/Substance Distinction
201
ch. 12
Erie and State Choice of Law: Vertical Uniformity and Horizontal Chaos
229
pt. III
SCOPE OF THE ACTION
ch. 13
Sculpting the Lawsuit: The Basic Rules of Joinder
253
ch. 14
Into the Labyrinth: Joinder of Parties under Rule 14
271
ch. 15
Essentials and Interlopers: Joinder of Parties under Rules 19 and 24
285
ch. 16
Jurisdictional Fellow Travelers: Supplemental Jurisdiction
311
ch. 17
Jurisdiction vs. Joinder: The Difference Between Power and Permission
333
pt. IV
STEPS IN THE LITIGATION PROCESS
ch. 18
Bearer of Bad Tidings: Service of Process in the Federal Courts
347
ch. 19
Getting Off Easy: The Motion to Dismiss
369
ch. 20
When Justice So Requires: Amendments to Pleadings under the Federal Rules
385
ch. 21
Scope of Discovery: The Rules Giveth, and the Rules Taketh Away
409
ch. 22
Tools of the Trade: The Basic Methods of Discovery
435
ch. 23
Defective Allegation or Insufficient Proof? Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim Compared to Summary Judgment
471
ch. 24
Judge and the Jury, Part One: Judgment as a Matter of Law (Directed Verdict)
493
ch. 25
Judge and the Jury, Part Two: Whose Case Is This, Anyway?
515
pt. V
EFFECT OF THE JUDGMENT
ch. 26
Res Judicata (Claim Preclusion): The Limits of Procedural Liberality
539
ch. 27
Res Judicata and the Rules of Joinder: When Does May Mean Must?
559
ch. 28
Collateral Estoppel (Issue Preclusion): Fine-Tuning the Preclusion Doctrine
573
ch. 29
Obscure Kingdom: Nonmutual Collateral Estoppel
591
pt. VI
THINKING PROCEDURALLY: THE RULES IN ACTION
ch. 30
Introduction to the Pretrial Litigation Process: Setting the Stage for the Schulansky Case
613
ch. 31
First Moves: Schulansky Goes to Court
625
ch. 32
Change of Forum: Ronan Removes to Federal Court
647
ch. 33
Defendants' Perspective: Ronan's Answer and Counterclaim
659
ch. 34
Chain Reaction: Ronan Brings in Jones
675
ch. 35
Preliminary Objections: Jones Seeks a Way Out
687