Syllabus for
Civil Procedure
Fall
2019
The class policies are located here.
1) This syllabus is provisional only! There may be changes 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. 26
Introduction to Civil Procedure
Introduction to Subject Matter Jurisdiction
GPR pp. 3-19
Tues. Aug. 27
The Progress of a Civil Suit
Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Domicile
GPR 21-38, 41-52
Wed. Aug. 28
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. 2
Diversity Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Corporations and Unincorporated Associations and the Amount in Controversy Requirement
GPR pp. 59-82
Tues. Sept. 3
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
Wed. Sept. 4
Federal Question Subject Matter Jurisdiction Cont.
GPR 102-125
Removal
GPR 127-144
28 U.S.C. § 1446(c)(2)
28 U.S.C. § 1446(a)-(d)
Tues. Sept. 10
Wed. Sept. 11
Pennoyer Framework Cont.
GPR 161-64
First Restatement on PennoyerMon. Sept. 16
Int'l Shoe & Specific Personal Jurisdiction: McGee
GPR 164-84
Tues. Sept. 17
Specific PJ: Out-of-State Activities with In-State Effects
GPR 184-205
Wed. Sept. 18
Specific PJ.: Contract and Stream-of-Commerce Cases
GPR 205-233
Mon. Sept. 23
Specific PJ: The Arises-Out-Of RequirementTues. Sept. 24
In Rem and Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction
Tagging/Consent
GPR 268-305
Wed. Sept. 25
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
Mon. Sept. 30
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)
Tues. Oct. 1
State Service
Substituted Service
Service and Personal Jurisdiction
Venue
GPR GPR 359-63 367-384
Wed. Oct. 2
Challenges to Venue
GPR 385-97, 415-16Mon. Oct. 7
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)
Tues. Oct. 8
Twiqbal
GPR 453-73
Wed. Oct. 9
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)Mon. Oct. 14
No class (Fall Break)
Tues. Oct. 15
No class (Fall Break)Wed. Oct. 16
Class CancelledMon. Oct. 21
Rule 11
GPR 555-558
Tues. Oct. 22
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)
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)Necessary Parties/Intervention
GPR 647-673
Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)-(b)
Tues. Oct. 29
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
Scope of Discovery
GPR 775-76, 786-89, 793-821 [don't do Tucker case]
Mon. Nov. 4
Discovery Tools
Discovery Control and Abuse
GPR 823-24, 830-41 (don't read Flores, Zubulake), 849-60, 867-69, 871-72, 887-89
Tues. Nov. 5
GPR 1003-04, 1013-1032, 1042-43
Wed. Nov. 6
Verdicts
New Trial
Relief from Judgment
GPR 1079-84, 1102-08, 1121-22, 1135-37, 1163-64
Mon. Nov. 11
Claim Preclusion
1215-31, 1246-47
Selections from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments
Tues. Nov. 12
Exceptions to Claim Preclusion
Privity
Issue Preclusion
GPR 1249-56,1269-74
Selections from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments
Exceptions to Issue Preclusion
Selections from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments
Non-Mutual Issue Preclusion
GPR 1274-86
Swift & Erie
GPR 893-916
Tues. Nov. 19
Substance and Procedure under Erie
GPR 917-23, 933-34, 944-57
Wed. Nov. 20
Substance and Procedure under Erie Cont.
GPR 957-84
Mon. Nov. 25
Review of Substance and Procedure under Erie
Tues. Nov. 26
Review
Wed. Nov. 27
No class (Thanksgiving Break)
Mon. Dec. 2
Tues. Dec. 3
Class Cancelled