Civil Procedure Syllabus Fall 2018

Syllabus for Civil Procedure
Fall 2018

The class policies are located here.

1) This syllabus is provisional only! There may be changes may be made in the reading throughout the semester.

2) 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. 27

Introduction to Civil Procedure

Introduction to Subject Matter Jurisdiction

GPR pp. 3-19

Wed. Aug. 29

The Progress of a Civil Suit

Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Domicile

GPR 21-38, 41-52

Thurs. Aug. 30

Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction: The Complete Diversity Requirement

GPR pp. 52-59

U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1332

Mon. Sept. 3

Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Corporations and Unincorporated Associations and the Amount in Controversy Requirement

GPR pp. 59-82

28 U.S.C. §1332(c)(1)

Wed. Sept. 5

Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction.: Aggregation

Federal Question Subject Matter Jurisdiction

GPR pp. 82-102

U.S. Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1331

Thurs. Sept. 6

Federal Question Subject Matter Jurisdiction Cont.

GPR 102-125

Mon. Sept. 10

Removal

GPR 127-144

28 U.S.C. § 1441(a)-(b), (f)

28 U.S.C. § 1446(c)(2)
28 U.S.C. § 1446(a)-(d)

Wed. Sept. 12

Law School Closed

Thurs. Sept. 13

Law School Closed

Mon. Sept. 17

Personal Jurisdiction - Pennoyer Framework

GPR 147-161
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV § 1 and Art IV, § 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1738

Wed. Sept. 19

No class (at conference in Lisbon)

Thurs. Sept. 20

No class (at conference in Lisbon)

Mon. Sept. 24

Pennoyer Framework Cont.

GPR 161-64

First Restatement on Pennoyer
Second Restatement on In Personam, In Rem and Quasi In Rem

Wed. Sept. 26

Int'l Shoe & Specific Personal Jurisdiction: McGee

GPR 164-84

Thurs. Sept. 27

Specific PJ: Out-of-State Activities with In-State Effects

GPR 184-205

Mon. Oct. 1

Specific PJ.: Contract and Stream-of-Commerce Cases

GPR 205-233

Wed. Oct. 3

Specific PJ: The Arises-Out-Of Requirement
General In Personam Jurisdiction
GPR 233-68

Thurs. Oct. 4

In Rem and Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction

Tagging/Consent

GPR 268-305

Mon. Oct. 8

Long-Arm Statutes

Personal Jurisdiction in Federal Court under FRCP 4(k)

GPR 307-15, 322-25

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)
U.S. Const. Amend. V

Wed. Oct. 10

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)

Thurs. Oct. 11

State Service

Substituted Service

Service and Personal Jurisdiction

Venue

GPR GPR 359-63 367-384

28 U.S.C. § 1391(a)-(d)

Mon. Oct. 15

No class (Fall Break)

Wed. Oct. 17

Challenges to Venue

GPR 385-97, 415-16

Thurs. Oct. 18

History of Pleading

Notice Pleading

Pleading with Particularity

GPR 419-46, 450-53 (don't read Leatherman)

Fed. R. Civ. P. 1, 2, 8(a), 10(a)-(b)
Form 11 (.pdf)

Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b)

Mon. Oct. 22

Twiqbal

GPR 453-73

Wed. Oct. 24

Default

Responding to a Complaint

GPR 475-86, 496-503, 523-24

Fed. R. Civ. P. 7; 8(b)-(d); 12(a)(1)-(2), (4); 12(b); 12(e)-(h); 55(a)

Thurs. Oct. 25

Rule 11

GPR 555-558

Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(d), 11

Mon. Oct. 29

Amending Pleadings/Relation Back

GPR 559-73, 580-89, 601-03 (do sections 10 and 11 on p. 601)

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), 15(c), (d)

Wed. Oct. 31

Joinder

GPR 607-614 (don't read the Hohlbein case and notes 1 and 2), 621-35, 639-46 (don't read the Erkins case)

Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(g)-(h); 14(a)-(b); 18(a); 20(a)

Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(a)-(c)

Wed. Oct. 31, 3:30-6:15 , Rm. 135
Makeup Session (this is a small room for the few people who can't make the Fri. makeup):

For the reading, see the reading for Fri. Nov. 2

Thurs. Nov. 1

Necessary Parties/Intervention
GPR 647-673
Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)-(b)

Fed. R. Civ. P. 19(a)-(b)

Fri. Nov. 2, 3:30-6:15, Rm. 127

Makeup Session:

Scope of Discovery

GPR 775-76, 786-89, 793-821 [don't do Tucker case]

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)

and

Discovery Tools

Discovery Control and Abuse

GPR 823-24, 830-41 (don't read Flores, Zubulake), 849-60, 867-69, 871-72, 887-89

Fed. R. Civ . P. 26(a)(3)

Fed. R. Civ . P. 26(g)

Mon. Nov. 5

Supplemental Jurisdiction

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. Nov. 7

Dismissal and Summary Judgment

GPR 1003-04, 1013-1032, 1042-43

Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c)-(d), 56

Thurs. Nov. 8

Judgment as a Matter of Law

Verdicts
New Trial
Relief from Judgment
GPR 1079-84, 1102-08, 1121-22, 1135-37, 1163-64

Fri. Nov. 9

3:30-4:45 Room 141

Class for those who can't come on Mon. Nov. 19, because of Thanksgiving break

Reading - see Mon. Nov. 19

Mon. Nov. 12

No class (at conference in Stockholm)

Wed. Nov. 14

No class (at conference in Stockholm)

Thurs. Nov. 15

No class (at conference in Stockholm)

Mon. Nov. 19
Claim Preclusion

1215-31, 1246-47

Selections from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments

Wed. Nov. 21

No class (Thanksgiving Break)

Thurs. Nov. 22

No class (Thanksgiving Break)

Mon. Nov. 26

Exceptions to Claim Preclusion

Privity

Issue Preclusion

GPR 1249-56,1269-74

Selections from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments

Wed. Nov. 28

Exceptions to Issue Preclusion

Selections from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments

Non-Mutual Issue Preclusion
GPR 1274-86

Thurs. Nov. 29

Swift & Erie
GPR 893-916

Mon. Dec. 3

Substance and Procedure under Erie

GPR 917-23, 933-34, 944-57

Wed. Dec. 5

Substance and Procedure under Erie Cont.

GPR 957-84

Thurs. Dec. 6
Review of Substance and Procedure under Erie

Review

Wed. Dec. 19, 8:30 AM
Final Exam: Room 120