Provisional Syllabus for
Civil Procedure
Fall
2017
The class policies are located here.
1) This syllabus is provisional only! Many changes may be made in the reading throughout the
semester. To figure out what the reading for the next day is, look to the website for the course
2) Every week or so I will make an attempt to line up this syllabus with the reading assignments that have actually occurred and my best guess about what we will be able to do for the rest of the semester.
3) You should make use of the links to the specific Federal Rules and statutory and constitutional provisions that are provided in this syllabus (and 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. 21
Introduction to Civil Procedure
The Structure of the Federal and State Court Systems
Introduction to Subject Matter Jurisdiction
GPR pp. 3-19
Wed. Aug. 23
The Progress of a Civil Suit
The Sources of Procedural Law
Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Domicile
GPR 21-38, 41-52
Thurs. Aug. 24
Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction
GPR pp. 52-59
U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Mon. Aug. 28
Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction Continued
GPR pp. 59-79
Wed. Aug. 30
Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction Continued and Federal Question Subject Matter Jurisdiction
GPR pp. 79-108
U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Thurs. Aug. 31
Federal Question Continued
GPR 108-125
Standard for Removal
GPR 127-136
28 U.S.C. § 1446(c)(2)
28 U.S.C. § 1446(a)-(d)
Procedure for Removal
GPR 136-44
Personal Jurisdiction - Pennoyer Framework
GPR 147-164
First Restatement on Pennoyer
Second Restatement on In Personam, In Rem and Quasi In Rem
Wed. Sept. 6
Personal Jurisdiction - International Shoe
GPR 164-78
Thurs. Sept. 7
Int'l Shoe continuedMon. Sept. 11
Specific Personal Jurisdiction
GPR 179-205
Wed. Sept. 13
Specific Personal Jurisdiction: Stream of Commerce/Internet
GPR 205-243
Thurs. Sept. 14
General In Personam Jurisdiction
GPR 243-68
Mon. Sept. 18
In Rem and Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction
GPR 268-86
Tagging/Consent
GPR 286-305
Long-Arm Statutes
GPR 307-15
Wed. Sept. 20
Personal Jurisdiction in Federal Court under FRCP 4(k)
GPR 322-25
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)
U.S. Const. Amend. V
Thurs. Sept. 21
spilloverMon. Sept. 25
Notice and Service
GPR 327-348
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)
State Service
Substituted Service
Service and Personal Jurisdiction
GPR 348-63 (skim Baidoo)
Wed. Sept. 27
Venue
GPR 367-384
Challenges to Venue
GPR 385-416 (skim Piper)Thurs. Sept. 28
History of Pleading
Notice Pleading
Pleading with Particularity
GPR 419-53
Fed. R. Civ. P. 1, 2, 8(a),
10(a)-(b)
Form 11 (.pdf)
GPR 453-73
Wed. Oct. 4
Default
GPR 475-86
Thurs. Oct. 5
Responding to a Complaint
GPR 486-515
Fed. R. Civ. P. 7; 8(b)-(d); 12(a)(1)-(2), (4); 12(b); 12(e)-(h); 55(a)Mon. Oct. 9
Responding to a Complaint
GPR 523-524
Wed. Oct. 11
Rule 11
GPR 525-558
Thurs. Oct. 12
Amending Pleadings/Relation Back
GPR 559-73, 580-89
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), 15(c), (d)
Mon. Oct. 16 [break]
Wed. Oct. 18
Relation Back When Adding Parties
GPR 589-603
Joinder
GPR 607-614 (don't bother reading the Hohlbein case and notes 1 and 2 at all)Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(g)-(h); 14(a)-(b); 18(a); 20(a)
Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(a)-(c)
Thurs. Oct. 19
Complex Joinder
GPR 647-673 (just skim Grutter case - we won't be discussing it in detail)
Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)-(b)
Mon. Oct. 23
GPR 729-31, 735-42, 748-59, and 768-72 (do not read the Gibbs, Owen, or Allapattah cases, I think we can get by just with Glannon's discussion of them)
U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2,
cl. 1
28 U.S.C. § 1367
Wed. Oct. 25
Scope of Discovery
GPR 775-76, 786-89, 793-821 [don't do Tucker case]
Thurs. Oct. 26
Discovery Tools
GPR 823-24, 830-41 (don't read Zubulake), 849-60, 867-69
Mon. Oct. 30
Discovery Control and Abuse
GPR 871-72, 880-89
State Law in Federal Courts: Swift & Erie
GPR 893-911
Wed. Nov. 1 [away for conference]
Thurs. Nov. 2 [away for conference]
Mon. Nov. 6
State Law in Federal Court: Erie
GPR 903-931
Wed. Nov. 8
Substance and Procedure under Erie
GPR 933-984
Thurs. Nov. 9
spillover
Mon. Nov. 13
Dismissal and Summary Judgment
GPR 1013-1032, 1042-43
Judgment as a Matter of Law
Wed. Nov. 15
Verdicts
GPR 1121-22
New Trial
GPR 1135-37
Relief from Judgment
GPR 1163-64
Claim Preclusion
1215-1247
Thurs. Nov. 16
Exceptions to Claim Preclusion
1241-47
Mon. Nov. 20
Issue Preclusion
GPR 1249-1274
Wed. Nov. 22 [break]
Thurs. Nov. 23 [break]
Mon. Nov. 27
Non-Mutual Issue Preclusion
GPR 1274-1286
Wed. Nov. 29
[no class...?]Thurs. Nov. 30
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