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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 1332', '§1332', '§ 2', '§ 1331', '§ 1441', '§ 1446', '§ 1446', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1738', '§ 1391', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 1367', '§ 8', '§ 1', '§ 2072']

Civil Procedure Syllabus Fall 2016
The class policies are located here.
1) This syllabus is provisional only! Some changes may be made throughout the
semester. Make sure that you are looking at the most current version of the
syllabus (e.g. by refreshing your browser).2) You
should make use of the links to the specific Federal Rules and statutory and
constitutional provisions that are provided in this syllabus (nad on the webpage for the course) when reading
these materials for class, because these links give you an edited
version that excludes unrelated and unassigned material.The casebook for the course is Glannon, Perlman, Raven-Hasen (GPR), Civil Procedure: A Coursebook (3rd ed. 2017)
Mon. Aug. 21Introduction to Civil ProcedureThe Structure of the Federal and State Court SystemsIntroduction to Subject Matter JurisdictionThe Progress of a Civil SuitThe Sources of Procedural LawGPR pp. 3-38Wed. Aug. 23Diversity Subject Matter JurisdictionGPR pp. 41-59U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2, cl.
1; 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Thurs. Aug. 24Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction ContinuedGPR pp. 59-82 28 U.S.C. §1332(c)(1) Mon. Aug. 28Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction ContinuedFederal Question Subject Matter Jurisdiction GPR pp. 82-102 U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1;
28 U.S.C. § 1331 Wed. Aug. 30Federal Question Subject Matter Jurisdiction ContinuedGPR 102-125Thurs. Aug. 31RemovalGPR 127-14428 U.S.C. § 1441(a)-(b), (f) 28 U.S.C. § 1446(c)(2)28 U.S.C. § 1446(a)-(d) Mon. Sept. 4Personal Jurisdiction - Pennoyer FrameworkGPR 147-164 U.S. Const. Amend. XIV § 1 and
Art IV, § 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1738 Wed. Sept. 6Personal Jurisdiction - International ShoeGPR 164-78Thurs. Sept. 7Specific Personal JurisdictionGPR 179-212Mon. Sept. 11Specific Personal Jurisdiction ContinuedGPR 213-248Wed. Sept. 13General In Personam JurisdictionIn Rem and Quasi in Rem JurisdictionGPR 249-86Thurs. Sept. 14TaggingConsentLong-Arm StatutesPersonal Jurisdiction in Federal Court under FRCP 4(k)GPR 286-325 Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)
U.S. Const. Amend. V Mon. Sept. 18Notice and ServiceGPR 327-363 Fed. R. Civ. P. 3; 4(a)-(b);
4(c)(1); 4(c)(2); 4(e); 4(h); 4(l)-(m); 77(a)
Form 3 (.pdf)Wed. Sept. 20VenueGPR 367-384 28 U.S.C. § 1391(a)-(d) Thurs. Sept. 21Challenges to VenueHistory of PleadingNotice PleadingGPR 385-438 Fed. R. Civ. P. 1, 2, 8(a),
10(a)-(b)
Form 11 (.pdf)Mon. Sept. 24Notice PleadingPleading with ParticularityGPR 438-73 Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b) Wed. Sept. 26Responding to a ComplaintGPR 475-524Fed.
R. Civ. P. 7; 8(b)-(d); 12(a)(1)-(2), (4); 12(b); 12(e)-(f); 55(a)
Thurs. Sept. 27Rule 11GPR 525-558Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(d), 11 Mon. Oct. 2Amending PleadingsGPR 559-603 Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), 15(c), (d)
Wed. Oct. 4Thurs. Oct. 5Mon. Oct. 9Wed. Oct. 11Thurs. Oct. 12Mon. Oct. 16 [break]Wed. Oct. 18Thurs. Oct. 19Mon. Oct. 23Wed. Oct. 25Thurs. Oct. 26Mon. Oct. 30Wed. Nov. 1 [away for conference]Thurs. Nov. 2 [away for conference]Mon. Nov. 6Wed. Nov. 8Thurs. Nov. 9Mon. Nov. 13Wed. Nov. 15Thurs. Nov. 16Mon. Nov. 20 Wed. Nov. 22 [break]Thurs. Nov. 23 [break]Mon. Nov. 27Wed. Nov. 29 [day off]Thurs. Nov. 30 [day off]II. Initiating a Lawsuit 1. Drafting a Complaint Field & Kaplan (F&K) 33-45
[do questions 2, 4-9; stop where "Statements of Claim in the
Alternative" begins] Twombly Complaint (just to pass your eyes over, do not read) Study Questions
2. Pleading Fraud Study Questions
3. Rule 11 F&K 45-49 [do question 10-12] Study Questions
4. Filing, Service
Glannon Ch. 18 [EXCEPT pp. 351-55, that
is, sections entitled "Relation of Service of Process to Personal
Jurisdiction" and "Federal 'Long-Arm Statute' in Rule 4") [do
Examples 1-10, 11a, 12a, 13a, & 14a in Ch. 18 of Glannon.] U.S. Const. Amend. V
& U.S. Const. Amend. XIV § 1
F&K 659-61
III. The Pleading Period 1. Defenses: Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
a. Federal Question F&K 226-31 [do not read beyond question (6) on p. 231, do not read footnote a on p. 227] [do
questions 1-4 and 6] F&K 241-42 [Section (F) only] [do question 18]
F&K 421-23 [do question
Recommended: Glannon
63-73 Study Questions
c. Removal F&K 239-41 [do all
questions] F&K 461 [do
questions 22 and 23 (on the next page)]
Glannon Ch. 7 [do all
Examples] Study Questions
d. Diversity: The Amount in
Controversy. F&K 457-59
[do question 18] Glannon 96-99 [do Examples
12 and 13] Study Questions
2. Defenses: Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
a. Personal Jurisdiction in State Court
i. The Pennoyer
Framework NOTE: We will not read Pennoyer - instead, I will have you read some
sections of the First Restatement of the Conflict of Laws discussing
the Pennoyer framework. Note that the First Restatement articulates what state law on personal jurisdiction generally was at the time of Pennoyer up to International Shoe. This may differ from what state courts may constitutionally do under the Pennoyer framework. The constitutional restrictions on state court under the Pennoyer
will be further discussed in class. I have also included the Second
Restatement's discussion of the distinction between in personam, in
rem, and quasi in rem. First Restatement on Pennoyer Second Restatement on In Personam, In Rem and Quasi In Rem
ii. Elaborating the
Pennoyer Framework
F&K 499
503 [section entitled "Jurisdictional Amount" - do questions 6-8]
503-06 [start at "Presence as Basis for Jurisdiction"; end right
before "Grace v. MacArthur"] [do question 9]
507-10 [Start at "Fraud and Force" don't do Hess] [do questions
11, 13, 14, 17-19]
516-19 [ "Appearance as Defendant"; don't do Hess] [do not do
questions] Study Questions iii. The International
Shoe Framework
F&K 520-531 (start at "Foreign Corporations: Background of the International Shoe Case") Study Questions iv. General
Jurisdiction F&K
533-37 Goodyear Dunlop Tires
Operations, S.A. v. Brown, No. 10–76 (June 27, 2011)Study Questions Daimler AG v. Bauman, No. 11-965 (January 14, 2014) Study Questions on Daimlerv. Specific
537-540 [stop at Modern Jurisdictional Statutes] [do question 32] Study Questions vi. Specific
Jurisdiction: Products Moved
by Consumers F&K 581-91 Study Questions
Jurisdiction: Stream-of-Commerce F&K 596-97
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of California, 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
Nicastro, No. 09-1343 (June 27, 2011)
viii. Specific
Jurisdiction: Intentional TortsWalden v. Fiore, No. 12-574 (February 25, 2014)Study Questionsxi. Are
Quasi-In-Rem Actions Still Viable? F&K 566-78 [do question 41] Study Questionsx. Is Tagging
Still Viable? F&K 598-600 F&K
506-07 [Grace v. MacArthur only] Study Questions
xi. Review of Personal
b. Personal Jurisdiction in
Federal Court Glannon 113-14; Glannon
3. Defenses: Lack of Venue Recommended: Glannon Ch. 8 [all
Examples] Study Questions 4. Distinguishing Personal Jurisdiction, Venue and
Subject Matter Jurisdiction Glannon Ch. 9 [do all Examples] Recommended: Glannon 109-113 [and all
Examples for Ch. 6]
No study questions other than those in
5. Answers, Pre-Answer Motions, Defenses, Waiver of Defenses
F&K 49-51 [section entitled
"Types of defenses and objections"] [do questions 14 & 16] F&K 60-61 [section entitled
"Replying to Defenses"] [do questions 24-25] Glannon Ch. 19 [do all questions] Study Questions 6. Amending
F&K 67-74 [do question 34, 39 and 40]
Glannon pp. 385-93 [do Examples 1-11]Study Questions
7. Joinder and Complex Litigation a. Compulsory Joinder of Actions/Claim Preclusion F&K 691-95 [do all questions] Study Questions
F&K 699-704 [do all questions, including
questions (4)-(6)] F&K 714 [sections entitled
"On the Merits" and "Restatement (Second) of Judgments"; do
question 19] Recommended: Glannon Chs. 26-27Study Questions b. Counterclaims Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(a)-(c) F&K 61-66 [do questions 26,
31-33] F&K 515 [Adam v. Saenger only]
[do questions 25 and 26]Study Questions c. Joinder of Parties and Claims Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(g)-(h);
14(a)-(b); 18(a); 20(a) Glannon Chs. 13 & 14 [do all
Examples] Intersection of the Joinder
Rules with Personal Jurisdiction and VenueStudy Questions
d. Necessary Parties Fed. R. Civ. P. 19(a)-(b) Glannon 283-90 [do questions 1-6]Study Questions e. Intervention Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)-(b) Glannon 290-95 [do questions 7-13]Study Questions f. Pendent/Ancillary/Supplemental Jurisdiction
U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2,
cl. 1 Distinguishing Pendent
and Ancillary Jurisdiction 28 U.S.C. § 1367
Glannon Ch. 16 [do all
questions] [NOTE: The second paragraph in the answer to Question 8 in
the new edition of Glannon (on p. 326) is wrong.]Study Questions g. Removal and 1441(c)
28 USC 1441(c)Study Questions 8. Issue Preclusion a. Introduction to Issue Preclusion F&K 725-736 [do questions 2-3, 5-12, 16-17] Recommended: Glannon Ch. 28 Study Questions b. Exceptions to Issue Preclusion F&K 738-39 [Moser case only]
F&K 745 (2d Rest.) Study Questions c. Privity F&K 751-52 (don't do section on
2d Restatement)Study Questions d. The Mutuality Requirement F&K 758-59 [do question
4] Study Questions e. Nonmutual Issue Preclusion - Bernhard F&K 760-65 [do questions 5-8,
10] Study Questions f. Nonmutual Issue Preclusion in the Federal Courts:
Parklane Hosiery F&K 768-71
Recommended: Glannon Ch. 29Study Questions IV. Discovery Period 1. Disclosure/Discovery F&K 74-78 [stop at section
entitled "Depositions upon oral examination"; do questions] Glannon 435-63 [do Examples 1-17]Study Questions 2. Limits on Discovery/Sanctions Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b); 26(g) F&K 93-94 [section entitled
"Sanctions for failure to make disclosures or to cooperate in
discovery"] [don't do questions]
Glannon Ch. 21 [do all questions]Study Questions 3. Terminating Litigation Early/Summary Judgment Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c)-(d),
56 F&K 125-28 [do questions 82-83,
85]Study Questions
V. Trials, Judgments, Enforcement of Judgments 1. Verdicts, Directed Verdicts and Judgments N.O.V. F&K 198-204 [do question 38-41] No study questions.
2. Judgments, Enforcement of Judgments F&K 217-19 [do question 5 only]
No study questions.VI. The Erie Doctrine 1. Swift v. Tyson & Erie Railroad v.
Tompkins I will talk you through this. We will not have time to read Erie itself.
2. Federal Courts' Determination of State Law Glannon 187-88 [do Examples 6-9] Study Questions 3. Erie and "Procedure"
U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8, cls.
9 & 18; U.S. Const. Art. III, § 1; 28 U.S.C. § 2072 F&K 337 ["Burden of Proof
in Diversity Actions"] F&K 355-58, 364-376 [do questions 10-11] Study Questions
4. Federal Procedural Common Law After Hanna
F&K 379-80 [Walker];
803-06 [Semtek]
Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) Study Questions 5. Horizontal (State-State) Choice of Law in Federal
F&K 337-39
Shady Grove Orthopedic Assoc. v. Allstate