Civil procedure
By: Joseph W. Glannon, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
Edition: Seventh edition.
Series: Examples & explanations
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 730
ISBN-13: 9781454815488
Subjects: Civil procedure
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Personal jurisdiction : the enigma of minimum contacts; title: Statutory limits on personal jurisdiction : the reach and grasp of the long-arm; title: Seeking the home field advantage : challenges to personal jurisdiction; title: Federal questions and federal cases : jurisdiction over cases "arising under" federal law; title: Diversity jurisdiction : when does multiplicity constitute diversity?; title: Personal and subject matter jurisdiction compared : the first two rings; title: Second guessing the plaintiff's choice of forum : removal; title: Proper venue in federal courts : a rough measure of convenience; title: Choosing a proper court : the three rings reconsidered; title: Easy Erie : the law of Rome and Athens; title: Eerie Erie : the substance/substance distinction; title: Erie and state choice of law : vertical uniformity and horizontal chaos; title: Sculpting the lawsuit : the basic rules of joinder; title: Into the labyrinth : joinder of parties under rule 14; title: Essentials and interlopers : joinder of parties under rules 19 and 25; title: Jurisdictional fellow travelers : supplemental jurisdiction; title: Jurisdiction vs. joinder : the difference between power and permission; title: The bearer of bad tidings : service of process in the federal courts; title: Getting off easy : the motion to dismiss; title: When justice so requires : amendments to pleadings under the Federal Rules; title: The scope of discovery : the rules giveth, and the rules taketh away; title: Tools of the trade : the basic methods of discovery; title: Defective allegation or insufficient proof : dismissal for failure to state a claim compared to summary judgment; title: The judge and the jury, part one : judgment as a matter of law (directed verdict); title: The judge and the jury, part two : whose case is this, anyway?; title: Res judicata : the limits of procedural liberality; title: Res judicata and the rules of joinder : when does may mean must?; title: Collateral estoppel : fine-tuning the preclusion doctrine; title: The obscure kingdom : nonmutual collateral estoppel; title: An introduction to the pretrial litigation process : setting the stage for the Schulansky case; title: First moves : Schulansky goes to court; title: A change of forum : Ronan removes to federal court; title: The defendants' perspective : Ronan's answer and counterclaim; title: Chain reaction : Ronan brings in Jones; title: Preliminary objections : Jones seeks a way out.