CIVIL
PROCEDURE--Assignments (2009-2010) / Cartier
TEXTS: Yeazell, Civil Procedure, Seventh ed.,
Kane and Levine, Civil
Procedure in
Additional reading will be assigned when necessary to develop a concept of the course.
Return to Civil
Procedure Page
Fall
Term: Spring Term:
|
DATE |
TEXT |
MAJOR TOPIC |
|
8/18/09 |
257-291 |
Introduction; The Process of Litigation; Incentives to Litigate – substitutionary relief, specific relief, and declaratory relief | Class 01 PowerPoint |
|
8/25 |
291-331 K/L
702 |
Financing Litigation; Provisional Remedies [FR 65] | Class 02 PowerPoint Hand in written brief for Graham v.
DaimlerChrysler Corp. |
|
8/29 |
|
Section – 1) 10:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Outlining and Study Skills |
|
9/1 |
1-25 |
An Overview of Procedure – Where can the suit be brought? [skim FR 7-15] | Class 03 PowerPoint |
|
9/8 |
25-54 |
Stating the Case; Parties to the Lawsuit; Discovery; Pretrial Disposition; Trial; Former Adjudication, and Appeals [skim FR 17-37; 38-63] | Class 04 PowerPoint |
|
9/15 |
55-96 |
Personal Jurisdiction – The Origins; The Modern Constitutional Power [U.S/ Const., art IV; Amend. XIV] |
|
9/22 |
96-122 K/L 601 |
Specific Jurisdiction : Class 06 PowerPoint Hand in written brief for Pavlovich v. Superior Court. |
|
9/29 |
122-153 |
General Jurisdiction; Consent; The Constitutional Requirement of Notice [FR 4] | Class 07 PowerPoint |
|
10/6 |
154-174 K/L
615 |
Venue; Transfer; Forum Non Conveniens [28 U.S.C. §§ 1391; 1404; 1406; 1631] | Class 08 PowerPoint PRACTICE EXAM [on your own] – to
be reviewed at Section on 10/11 |
|
10/10 |
|
Section 2 – 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. | Personal Jurisdiction and
Essay Writing |
|
10/13 |
175-203 |
Subject Matter Jurisdiction – Federal Question and Diversity [28 U.S.C. §§ 1331; 1332] | Class 09 PowerPoint |
|
10/20 |
204-220 |
Subject Matter Jurisdiction – Supplemental Jurisdiction and Removal [28 U.S.C. §§ 1367; 1441] | Class 10 PowerPoint |
|
10/27 |
221-256 |
|
|
11/3 |
|
Practice Exam |
|
11/7 |
|
Section
3– 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
| Subject Matter Jurisdiction and |
|
11/10 |
333-374 K/L
622 |
Pleading – The Complaint; The Story of Pleading [FR 1-3; 7-11; FR Forms 1-19] | Class 13 PowerPoint |
|
11/17 |
375-414 |
Pleadings continued – Responding to the Complaint: Pre-answer motions, Answer, Reply, Amendments [FR 15] | Class 14 PowerPoint |
|
11/24 |
|
Course Review |
|
12/3 |
|
INTERIM EXAM—6:30 p.m. for both classes. [Thursday] |
* Dates and
topics for Saturday academic support section sessions. Attendance is voluntary.
Spring
Term: Fall Term:
|
DATE |
TEXT |
MAJOR TOPIC |
|
1/5/10 |
737-755 |
Joinder of Claims; Joinder of Parties [FR 13; 14; 17; 18; 19; 20; 42] | Class 16 PowerPoint |
|
1/12 |
755-798 K/L 670 |
Joinder of Parties continued [FR 22; 24; 28 U.S.C. § 1335] | Class 17 PowerPoint |
|
1/19 |
798-846 K/L 678 |
Class Action [FR 23] | Class 18 PowerPoint |
|
1/26 |
415-438 |
Discovery [FR 26-37] | Class 19 PowerPoint |
|
2/2 |
438-472 K/L 632; 639 |
Discovery continued | Class 20 PowerPoint |
|
2/9 |
473-504 |
Resolution without Trial [FR 50; 68] | Class 21 PowerPoint |
|
2/16 |
505-550 K/L
656 |
Summary Judgment [FR 56]; Judicial Management of Litigation | Class 22 PowerPoint Hand in written brief for Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. |
|
2/23 |
|
Exam
Writing: Q&A Session –
attendance optional. |
|
3/2 |
|
INTERIM EXAM –6:30 p.m. for both sections |
|
3/9 |
551-578 K/L 716,722 |
Identifying the |
|
3/16 |
579-624 K/L 645 |
Choosing, Challenging and Controlling Jurors and Judges [FR 59] | Class 24 PowerPoint |
|
3/23 |
667-693 |
Respect for Judgments – Res Judicata [claim preclusion] | Class 25 PowerPoint |
|
3/30 |
694-736 K/L 694 |
Collateral Estoppel [issue preclusion]; The Boundaries of Preclusion; Collateral Attack; and Reopened Judgments [FR 60] | Class 26 PowerPoint |
|
4/6 |
NO CLASS |
Spring Break |
|
4/13 |
625-665 |
Appeal [K/L 180-195 – Selected Federal rules of Appellate Procedure] | Class 27 PowerPoint |
|
4/20 |
1-53 K/K 601-730 |
Reprise – An Overview of Procedure |
|
4/27 |
|
Course
Review: Q & A – attendance
optional. |
|
5/6 |
|
FINAL EXAM--6:30 p.m. for both classes. [Thursday] |
* Dates and topics for Saturday academic support section sessions. Attendance is voluntary.