The Glannon guide to civil procedure
Subtitle: learning civil procedure through multiple-choice questions and analysis
By: Joseph W. Glannon.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780735579545
Subjects: Civil procedure -- United States -- Problems, exercises, etc
Genres: Problems, exercises, etc.
Other titles: Guide to civil procedure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diversity jurisdiction : the basic rules; title: Federal claims and federal cases; title: Removal jurisdiction : the defendant chooses the forum; title: Personal jurisdiction : myth and minimum contact; title: More personal jurisdiction : general in personam jurisdiction and in rem jurisdiction; title: More than an afterthought : long-arm statutes as a limit on personal jurisdiction; title: Home and away : litigating objections to the court's jurisdiction; title: Due process and common sense : notice and service of process; title: Venue and transfer : more limits on the place of suit; title: State law in federal courts : basics of the Erie doctrine; title: Two ways to run a railroad : substance and procedure after York, Byrd, and Hanna; title: The scope of the action : joinder of claims and parties under the federal rules; title: Of hooks and nuclei : supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims; title: Sufficient allegations : pleading under the federal rules; title: Change over time : amending the pleadings under Rule 15; title: Technicalities, technicalities : pre-answer motions under the federal rules; title: Probing to the limits : the scope of discovery under the federal rules; title: The basic tools of discovery in federal court; title: Dispositive motions : dismissal for failure to state a claim and summary judgment; title: Judgment as a matter of law in the federal courts; title: Second time around : the grounds and procedure for motions for new trial; title: The quest for finality : claim preclusion under the second restatement of judgments; title: Collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, whatever; title: Closing closers : some practice questions that cross jurisdictional lines; title: Closing openers : some looney limericks.