CivProII Notes

Appeals

Anderson v. Bessemer City

Appeals

Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Wetzel

Van Zee v. Hanson

Claim and Issue Preclusion

Claim Preclusion

Claim Preclusion

Frier v. City of Vandalia

Gargallo v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Semtek Intl. Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp

Taylor v. Sturgell

Issue Preclusion

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad v. Parks

Issue Preclusion

Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore

United States v. Beggerly, 524 U.S. 38 (1998).

Claim and Issue Preclusion

Rule 60

Joinder

Joinder of Claims

Rule 13

Cordero v. Voltaire, LLC, 2013 WL 6415667 (W.D. Tex. Dec. 6, 2013)

Cordero v. Voltaire, LLC, 2013 WL 6415667 (W.D. Tex. Dec. 6, 2013)

Facts

Holding

Issue

Judgment

Reasoning

Rule

Rule 13

Rule 18

Rule 18

Rule 42(b)

Joinder of Claims

Joinder of Parties

By Court Order- Compulsory Joinder

Temple v. Synthes Corp., 498 U.S. 5, reh'g denied, 498 U.S. 1092 (1990)

Facts

Holding

Issue

Judgment

Reasoning

Rule

Temple v. Synthes Corp., 498 U.S. 5, reh'g denied, 498 U.S. 1092 (1990)

By Court Order- Compulsory Joinder

Rule 19

By Defendants- Third-Party Claims

Price v. CTB, Inc., 168 F. Supp. 2d 1299 (M.D. Ala. 2001)

Facts

Holding

Issue

Judgment

Price v. CTB, Inc., 168 F. Supp. 2d 1299 (M.D. Ala. 2001)

Reasoning

Rule

By Defendants- Third-Party Claims

By Plaintiffs- Permissive Joinder

Mosely v. General Motors Corp., 497 F.2d 1330 (8th Cir. 1974)

Facts

Holding

Issue

Judgment

Mosely v. General Motors Corp., 497 F.2d 1330 (8th Cir. 1974)

Reasoning

Rule

By Plaintiffs- Permissive Joinder

Joinder of Parties

Rule 20(a)

Joinder

Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Kirby

United States v. City of Los Angeles

Pre-Trial

Avoiding Trial

Avoiding Trial

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Ferguson v. Writers Guild of America

Kalinauskas v. Wong

Peralta v. Heights Medical Center

Scott v. Harris

Tolan v. Cotton

Complaints

FRCP 7–12

FRCP 8—Jurisdiction and Venue

FRCP 8—Jurisdiction and Venue

Jones v. Bock

McCleary-Evans v. Maryland Dept. of Transportation

FRCP 9—Special Pleading Requirements

FRCP 9—Special Pleading Requirements

Stradford v. Zurich Ins. Co

FRCP 10—Pleading-Complaint Formatting and Information Rules

FRCP 10—Pleading-Complaint Formatting and Information Rules

Zielinski v. Philadelphia Piers, Inc

FRCP 11—Signing Pleadings, Motions, & Other Papers

Christian v. Mattell, Inc

FRCP 11—Signing Pleadings, Motions, & Other Papers

FRCP 7–12

FRCP 7—Pleadings

FRCP 12—Answers to the Complaint-Defenses and Objections

Complaints

Discovery

Background

Aside- Litigation Strategy

Background

Cases for Topic

Chiquita International Ltd. v. M-V Bolero Reefer

Thomson v. The Haskell Co

Discovery's Tools

Compelled Mental Examinations

Compelled Physical-Mental Examinations

Rule 35

Depositions

Rules

Governing Deposition Rules

Rule 27

Rule 28

Rule 29

Rule 30

Rule 31

Rule 32

Depositions

Interrogatories

Interrogatories

Rule 33

Requests for Admission

Requests for Admission

Rule 36

Requests for Production of Records

Requests for Production of Records

Rule 34

The Art of the FRCP 34 Production Request

Required Disclosures

Rules

Rule 26

Rule 37

Experts

Required Disclosures

Spoliation- Discouraging Destruction of Evidence

Spoliation- Discouraging Destruction of Evidence

Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLP

Discovery's Tools

Scope of Discovery

Privilege

Privilege

Proportionality

Proportionality

Wagoner v. Lewis Gale Medical Center, LLC

Relevance

Cerrato v. Nutribullet, LLC

Favale v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport

Relevance

Scope of Discovery

Discovery

Hickman v. Taylor

Mueller v. Swift

Pre-trial Witness Lists & Final Pre-Trial Order

Rengifo v. Erevos Enterprises, Inc

Security National Bank of Sioux City v. Abbott Laboratories

Pleadings

Amendment to the Pleadings

Amendment to the Pleadings

Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive Corp

Bonerb v. Richard J. Caron Foundation

Moore v. Baker

Requirements under FRCP 15

The New Plausibility Standard- -Twiqbal-

Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly

The New Plausibility Standard- -Twiqbal-

The Traditional Notice Standard- Conley

Conley v. Gibson

The Traditional Notice Standard- Conley

Pleadings

The Answer

The Reply

Who has to do what in pleading-

Pre-Trial

Trial

Conte v. Emmons

Lind v. Schenley Industries

Monfore v. Phillips

Trial

Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc

Case Brief Template

Civil Procedure II