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Black Letter Outline on Civil Procedure

Author: Clermont, Kevin M.
Edition: 12th
Copyright Date: 2021
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  1. Capsule Summary of Civil Procedure 1
    1. Perspective
  2. Part One. General Considerations
    1. Chapter I. Civil Procedure Analyzed
      1. A. Approaches to Civil Procedure
      2. B. Approach of Outline
        1. 1. General Considerations
        2. 2. Litigating Step-by-Step
        3. 3. Authority to Adjudicate
        4. 4. Complex Litigation
        5. 5. Governing Law
        6. 6. Former Adjudication
    2. Chapter II. Civil Procedure Synthesized
      1. A. Nature of Civil Procedure
        1. 1. Definition
        2. 2. Sources
        3. 3. Motivation
      2. B. Content of Civil Procedure
        1. 1. Policies
        2. 2. Rules
      3. C. History of Civil Procedure
        1. 1. English Roots
        2. 2. State Developments
        3. 3. Federal Developments
    3. Review Questions
  3. Part Two. Litigating Step-by-Step
    1. Chapter III. Preliminary Considerations
      1. A. Federal Focus
      2. B. Selecting a Court with Authority to Adjudicate
        1. 1. General Requirements
        2. 2. Specific Assumptions
    2. Chapter IV. Pretrial
      1. A. Pleading Stage
        1. 1. General Rules
        2. 2. Steps in Pleading Stage
        3. 3. Amendments
      2. B. Disclosure
        1. 1. Purposes
        2. 2. Scope
        3. 3. Mechanics
        4. 4. Problems
      3. C. Discovery
        1. 1. General Rules
        2. 2. Specific Devices
      4. D. Pretrial Conference
        1. 1. Purposes
        2. 2. Procedural Incidents
        3. 3. Order
      5. E. Other Steps
        1. 1. Provisional Remedies
        2. 2. Summary Judgment and Other Steps That Avoid Trial
        3. 3. Masters and Magistrate Judges
    3. Chapter V. Trial
      1. A. Scenario
        1. 1. Plaintiff’s Case
        2. 2. Motions
        3. 3. Defendant’s Case
        4. 4. Motions
        5. 5. Submission of Case
        6. 6. Motions
      2. B. Jury and Judge
        1. 1. Trial by Jury
        2. 2. Judicial Controls
    4. Chapter VI. Judgment
      1. A. Entry of Judgment
      2. B. Kinds of Relief
        1. 1. Coercive Relief
        2. 2. Declaratory Relief
      3. C. Enforcement of Judgment
        1. 1. Legal Coercive Relief
        2. 2. Equitable Coercive Relief
      4. D. Relief from Judgment
    5. Chapter VII. Appeal
      1. A. Appealability
        1. 1. Routes to Court of Appeals
        2. 2. Routes to Supreme Court
      2. B. Reviewability
        1. 1. Standards of Review
        2. 2. Appellate Procedure
    6. Review Questions
  4. Part Three. Authority to Adjudicate
    1. Chapter VIII. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
      1. A. Introduction to Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
        1. 1. Ends
        2. 2. Means
      2. B. State Courts
        1. 1. General Versus Limited Jurisdiction
        2. 2. Exclusive Versus Concurrent Jurisdiction
      3. C. Federal Courts
        1. 1. Federal Questions
        2. 2. Diversity of Citizenship
        3. 3. Removal
        4. 4. Supplemental Jurisdiction
    2. Chapter IX. Territorial Authority to Adjudicate
      1. A. Introduction to Territorial Authority to Adjudicate
        1. 1. Territorial Jurisdiction and Venue
        2. 2. Current Due Process Doctrine
        3. 3. Future Due Process Doctrine
      2. B. Application of Current Due Process Doctrine
        1. 1. In Personam
        2. 2. In Rem
        3. 3. Quasi In Rem
      3. C. Other Limitations on Territorial Authority to Adjudicate
        1. 1. Limits on State Trial Courts
        2. 2. Limits on Federal District Courts
    3. Chapter X. Notice
      1. A. Introduction to Notice
      2. B. Constitutional Requirement
        1. 1. General Rule
        2. 2. Notice Before Seizing Property
      3. C. Nonconstitutional Requirements
        1. 1. Manner of Service
        2. 2. Technical Requirements of Service
      4. D. Contractual Waiver of Protections
    4. Chapter XI. Procedural Incidents of Forum-Authority Doctrines
      1. A. Procedure for Raising
        1. 1. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
        2. 2. Territorial Authority to Adjudicate and Notice
      2. B. Consequences of Raising
        1. 1. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
        2. 2. Territorial Authority to Adjudicate and Notice
      3. C. Consequences of Not Raising
        1. 1. Litigated Action
        2. 2. Complete Default
    5. Review Questions
  5. Part Four. Complex Litigation
    1. Chapter XII. Preliminary Considerations
      1. A. Historical Note
        1. 1. Common Law
        2. 2. Equity
        3. 3. Code Approach
        4. 4. Modern Approach
      2. B. Federal Focus
        1. 1. Governing Law
        2. 2. Federal Joinder Rules
        3. 3. Jurisdiction and Venue
      3. C. Abuses
        1. 1. Defenses of Nonjoinder and Misjoinder
        2. 2. Judicial Power to Combine and Divide
    2. Chapter XIII. Multiclaim Litigation
      1. A. Compulsory Joinder
        1. 1. Claim Preclusion
        2. 2. Compulsory Counterclaims
      2. B. Permissive Joinder
        1. 1. Parallel Claims
        2. 2. Permissive Counterclaims
        3. 3. Crossclaims
    3. Chapter XIV. Multiparty Litigation
      1. A. General Joinder Provisions
        1. 1. Compulsory Joinder
        2. 2. Permissive Joinder
      2. B. Special Joinder Devices
        1. 1. Impleader
        2. 2. Interpleader
        3. 3. Class Action
        4. 4. Shareholders’ Derivative Action
        5. 5. Intervention
    4. Review Questions
  6. Part Five. Governing Law
    1. Chapter XV. Choice of Law
      1. A. Techniques
        1. 1. Evolution of Choice of Law
        2. 2. Competing Methodologies
      2. B. Constitutional Limits
    2. Chapter XVI. Choice Between State and Federal Law
      1. A. State Law in Federal Court: Erie
        1. 1. Constitutional Limits
        2. 2. Legislative Limits
        3. 3. Choice-of-Law Technique
      2. B. Federal Law in State Court: Reverse-Erie
        1. 1. Constitutional Limits
        2. 2. Legislative Limits
        3. 3. Choice-of-Law Technique
      3. C. Summary
    3. Review Questions
  7. Part Six. Former Adjudication
    1. Chapter XVII. Preliminary Considerations
      1. A. Introduction to Former Adjudication
        1. 1. Modern Focus
        2. 2. Rules
        3. 3. Comparisons and Contrasts
      2. B. Rationale of Res Judicata
        1. 1. Efficiency
        2. 2. Fairness
        3. 3. Exceptions
      3. C. Application of Res Judicata
        1. 1. Raising the Doctrine
        2. 2. Conditions for Application: Validity and Finality
    2. Chapter XVIII. Claim Preclusion
      1. A. Requirements of Claim Preclusion
        1. 1. Transactional View
        2. 2. Application
      2. B. Exceptions to Claim Preclusion
        1. 1. Jurisdictional or Procedural Limitation
        2. 2. Party Agreement
        3. 3. Judicial Permission
        4. 4. Adjudication Not on the Merits
        5. 5. Generalized Exception
      3. C. Counterclaims
        1. 1. Interposition of Counterclaim
        2. 2. Failure to Interpose Counterclaim
    3. Chapter XIX. Issue Preclusion
      1. A. Requirements of Issue Preclusion
        1. 1. Same Issue
        2. 2. Actually Litigated and Determined
        3. 3. Essential to Judgment
      2. B. Exceptions to Issue Preclusion
        1. 1. Certain Issues of Law
        2. 2. Inferior Rendering Court
        3. 3. Different Burden of Persuasion
        4. 4. Inability to Appeal
        5. 5. Unforeseeability
        6. 6. Generalized Exception
      3. C. Multiple Issues
        1. 1. Cumulative Determinations
        2. 2. Ambiguous Determinations
        3. 3. Alternative Determinations
    4. Chapter XX. Nonordinary Judgments
      1. A. Nonpersonal Judgments
        1. 1. Pure In Rem
        2. 2. Jurisdiction over Status
        3. 3. Quasi In Rem—Subtype One
        4. 4. Quasi In Rem—Subtype Two
      2. B. Noncoercive Judgments
      3. C. Nonjudicial or Noncivil Proceedings
        1. 1. Administrative Adjudication
        2. 2. Arbitration Award
        3. 3. Criminal Judgment
    5. Chapter XXI. Nonparty Effects
      1. A. Privies
        1. 1. Nonparties Treated as Parties
        2. 2. Application of Res Judicata
      2. B. Strangers
        1. 1. Parties Treated as Nonparties
        2. 2. Application of Res Judicata
    6. Chapter XXII. Nondomestic Judgments
      1. A. General Rules
        1. 1. Recognition
        2. 2. Enforcement
      2. B. Judgments of American Courts
        1. 1. State—State
        2. 2. State—Federal
        3. 3. Federal—State
        4. 4. Federal—Federal
      3. C. Judgments of Foreign Nations
        1. 1. Exceptions
        2. 2. Governing Law
    7. Review Questions
    8. Appendix A. Answers to Review Questions
    9. Appendix B. Practice Examination
    10. Appendix C. Glossary
    11. Appendix D. Text Correlation Chart
  8. Table of Cases
  9. Table of Statutes
  10. Table of Rules
  11. Index
  • Publication Date: October 22nd, 2020
  • ISBN: 9781647083441
  • Subject: Civil Procedure
  • Series: Black Letter Outlines
  • Type: Outlines
  • Description: This outline summarizes the black-letter rules of civil procedure. It covers general considerations, litigating step-by-step, authority to adjudicate, complex litigation, governing law, and former adjudication. It allows students to understand how their course materials fit together, doing so by conveying a conception of civil procedure–the relationships among the ideas and the law that constitute the subject. This book is carefully designed and written as a study aid in preparing for classes and as a review aid in studying for examinations, containing all the many special features that characterize the highly successful Black Letter Series of books, such as a glossary and sample examination questions and answers.