Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach

by Marcus, Richard L.

• ISBN13: 9780314156136
• ISBN10: 0314156135
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-27
• Publisher: West Academic

Summary

A leading civil procedure casebook, Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach offers in-depth coverage of the many topics pertinent to complex litigation and emphasizes the dynamic developments that continue to reshape the subject. A useful source and reference book for both law students and practicing attorneys, the book disproves the belief that civil procedure requires the rote-like study of precise rules. Civil Procedure includes extensive notes to introduce the complexities of the topic, while preserving an appreciation of the historical evolution of these doctrines. The fourth edition carries this commitment forward with expanded treatment of such cutting-edge issues as class actions and electronic discovery. The book also covers complex litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and constitutional law ? topics the authors have written about in detail in other casebooks.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Table of Cases	xxiii
Table of Secondary Authorities	xlix
Choosing a System of Procedure	1	(26)
Band's Refuse Removal, Inc. v. Borough of Fair Lawn	3	(7)
Notes and Questions	10	(2)
Lon Fuller, The Problems of Jurisprudence	12	(1)
W. Zeidler, Evaluation of the Adversary System: As Comparison, Some Remarks on the Investigatory System of Procedure	13	(2)
Marvin Frankel, The Search for Truth: An Umpireal View	15	(1)
Notes and Questions	16	(2)
Kothe v. Smith	18	(2)
Notes and Questions	20	(5)
Procedural Complications of Our Federal System	25	(2)
The Rewards and Costs of Litigation---Of Remedies and Related Matters	27	(94)
Prejudgment Seizure	27	(40)
Fuentes v. Shevin	29	(10)
Notes and Questions	39	(3)
Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co.	42	(3)
North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc.	45	(2)
Notes and Questions	47	(3)
Connecticut v. Doehr	50	(13)
Notes and Questions	63	(4)
Post Judgment Remedies	67	(31)
Damages	68	(1)
Carey v. Piphus	68	(9)
Notes and Questions	77	(5)
Enforcing Money Judgments	82	(2)
Equitable Remedies	84	(2)
Smith v. Western Electric Co.	86	(3)
Notes and Questions	89	(4)
Justiciability	93	(1)
Notes and Questions	94	(1)
Enforcing Equitable Decrees---Contempt	95	(1)
Notes and Questions	96	(2)
Cost of Litigation	98	(10)
Venegas v. Mitchell	98	(4)
Notes and Questions	102	(6)
Private Ordering Through Alternatives to Litigation	108	(13)
Negotiation and Settlement Promotion	109	(1)
Third-Party Intervention	110	(3)
Arbitration	113	(4)
Notes and Questions	117	(4)
Describing and Defining the Dispute	121	(107)
The Historical Evolution of Pleading	121	(10)
The Forms of Action	122	(1)
Common Law Pleading	123	(2)
The American Reform Experience	125	(1)
Gillispie v. Goodyear Service Stores	126	(2)
Notes and Questions	128	(3)
Describing and Testing the Plaintiff's Claim	131	(58)
The Problem of Specificity	134	(1)
United States v. Board of Harbor Commissioners	134	(1)
Notes and Questions	135	(3)
Consistency and Honesty in Pleading	138	(1)
Inconsistent Allegations	138	(1)
McCormick v. Kopmann	138	(2)
Notes and Questions	140	(3)
Certification by Signing---Rule 11	143	(1)
Zuk v. Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute of the Medical College of Pennsylvania	143	(6)
Notes and Questions	149	(7)
Scrutinizing the Legal Sufficiency of Plaintiff's Claim	156	(1)
Mitchell v. Archibald & Kendall, Inc.	156	(5)
Notes and Questions	161	(2)
Heightened Requirements for Specificity	163	(1)
Ross v. A. H. Robins Company	163	(4)
Notes and Questions	167	(3)
Requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA)	170	(2)
Notes and Questions	172	(1)
Cash Energy, Inc. v. Weiner	173	(4)
Swierkiewicz v. Sorema, N.A.	177	(4)
Notes and Questions	181	(5)
The Future of Pleading Practice	186	(1)
Richard Marcus, The Revival of Fact Pleading Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure	186	(2)
Notes and Questions	188	(1)
Defendant's Response	189	(23)
Pre-answer Motions Under Rule 12	189	(1)
Notes and Questions	190	(1)
Failure to Answer---Default	191	(1)
Shepard Claims Service, Inc. v. William Darrah & Associates	191	(5)
Notes and Questions	196	(3)
The Answer	199	(1)
Admitting or Denying the Averments	199	(1)
David v. Crompton & Knowles Corp.	200	(1)
Notes and Questions	201	(3)
Affirmative Defenses	204	(3)
Counterclaims	207	(1)
Wigglesworth v. Teamsters Local Union No. 592	207	(3)
Notes and Questions	210	(2)
Voluntary Dismissal	212	(2)
Amendments to Pleadings	214	(14)
Permission to Amend	215	(1)
David v. Crompton & Knowles Corp.	215	(1)
Notes and Questions	216	(1)
Amendments at Trial	217	(1)
Supplemental Pleadings	218	(1)
Relation Back of Amendments	218	(1)
Swartz v. Gold Dust Casino, Inc.	218	(4)
Notes and Questions	222	(6)
Establishing the Structure and Size of the Dispute	228	(104)
Proper Parties to a Suit	228	(6)
Real Party in Interest (Rule 17(a))	228	(2)
Fictitious Names	230	(1)
Southern Methodist University Association of Women Law Students v. Wynne and Jaffe	230	(2)
Notes and Questions	232	(2)
Joinder of Claims (Rule 18(a))	234	(1)
Permissive Joinder of Parties (Rule 20)	234	(8)
Kedra v. City of Philadelphia	235	(2)
Insolia v. Philip Morris, Inc.	237	(3)
Notes and Questions	240	(2)
Compulsory Joinder of Parties (Rule 19)	242	(18)
Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc. v. Shepard Niles, Inc.	243	(12)
Notes and Questions	255	(3)
The Rule 19(b) Determination Whether to Proceed or Dismiss	258	(2)
Impleader (Rule 14)	260	(5)
Clark v. Associates Commercial Corp.	260	(3)
Notes and Questions	263	(2)
Counterclaims and Cross-Claims (Rule 13)	265	(2)
Notes and Questions	266	(1)
Interpleader (Rule 22 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1335)	267	(9)
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Tashire	268	(6)
Notes and Questions	274	(2)
Intervention (Rule 24)	276	(12)
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission	277	(5)
Notes and Questions	282	(3)
The Definition of ``Interest'' in Rule 24(a)(2)	285	(3)
Class Actions (Rule 23)	288	(44)
The Problem of Representation	289	(2)
Hansberry v. Lee	291	(3)
Notes and Questions	294	(3)
The Standards for Certification	297	(1)
Walters v. Reno	297	(9)
Notes and Questions	306	(3)
In the Matter of Rhone--Poulenc Rorer, Inc.	309	(11)
Notes and Questions	320	(8)
Notice and Opt-out Rights	328	(4)
Obtaining Information for Trial	332	(92)
The Promise and Reality of Broad Discovery	332	(10)
Hickman v. Taylor	332	(1)
William Glaser, Pretrial Discovery and the Adversary System	333	(1)
Powell, J., Dissenting From Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure	334	(1)
Notes and Questions	335	(2)
In re Convergent Technologies Securities Litigation	337	(2)
Notes and Questions	339	(3)
The Discovery Devices	342	(15)
Initial Disclosure	342	(2)
Document Inspection	344	(2)
Interrogatories	346	(1)
Depositions	347	(3)
Physical or Mental Examination	350	(2)
Discovery Sequence and Tactics	352	(2)
Notes and Questions	354	(3)
Managing the Scope and Burden of Discovery	357	(23)
Davis v. Ross	357	(4)
Notes and Questions	361	(5)
Kozlowski v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.	366	(2)
McPeek v. Ashcroft	368	(4)
Notes and Questions	372	(5)
The Challenges of E-Discovery	377	(3)
Exemptions From Discovery	380	(32)
Hickman v. Taylor	380	(7)
Notes and Questions	387	(4)
Upjohn Co. v. United States	391	(8)
Notes and Questions	399	(2)
In re Shell Oil Refinery	401	(5)
Notes and Questions	406	(6)
Investigation---Fact Gathering Without Judicial Assistance	412	(3)
Corley v. Rosewood Care Center, Inc.	412	(1)
Notes and Questions	413	(2)
Enforcing the Discovery Rules---Sanctions	415	(9)
Cine Forty-Second Street Theatre Corp. v. Allied Artists Pictures Corp.	415	(5)
Notes and Questions	420	(4)
Adjudication Before Trial: Summary Judgment	424	(41)
The Nature of the Summary Judgment Device: The Concept of Burden Shifting	425	(24)
An Introduction to the Concept of Burden of Proof	425	(2)
Summary Judgment and Judgment as a Matter of Law Contrasted	427	(1)
Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co.	428	(2)
David Currie, Thoughts on Directed Verdicts and Summary Judgments	430	(2)
Notes and Questions	432	(3)
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett	435	(10)
Notes and Questions	445	(4)
Meeting the Burden of Production: Determining the Appropriate Standard	449	(16)
Arnstein v. Porter	450	(2)
Dyer v. MacDougall	452	(3)
Notes and Questions	455	(8)
Summary Judgment in Defamation Cases	463	(2)
Judicial Supervision of Pretrial and Promotion of Settlement	465	(56)
Pretrial Conference	466	(17)
Notes and Questions	468	(2)
G. Heileman Brewing Co. v. Joseph Oat Corp.	470	(9)
Notes and Questions	479	(4)
Settlement Devices Using Intervention by Third Parties	483	(13)
Edward F. Sherman, The Impact on Litigation Strategy of Integrating Alternative Dispute Resolution Into the Pretrial Process	483	(1)
Mediation	484	(1)
Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)	485	(1)
Court-Annexed Arbitration	486	(2)
Notes and Questions	488	(2)
Summary Jury Trial	490	(1)
Notes and Questions	491	(3)
Mini-trial	494	(2)
Obligation to Participate in Settlement Processes	496	(9)
In re Atlantic Pipe Corporation	496	(7)
Notes and Questions	503	(2)
Incentives to Settle Through Shifting of Attorney's Fees and Costs	505	(16)
Marek v. Chesny	505	(11)
Notes and Questions	516	(5)
Trial	521	(169)
The Phases of a Trial	521	(8)
Jury Selection	522	(1)
Opening Statements	522	(1)
Presentation of Evidence	522	(3)
Argument	525	(1)
Instructions	525	(3)
Jury Deliberation and Verdict	528	(1)
Post-Trial Motions and Judgment	528	(1)
Seventh Amendment Right to Jury Trial	529	(77)
Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover	531	(8)
Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood	539	(3)
Notes and Questions	542	(2)
The ``Clean-Up'' Doctrine	544	(1)
Ross v. Bernhard	545	(8)
Notes and Questions	553	(2)
Curtis v. Loether	555	(2)
Notes and Questions	557	(2)
Tull v. United States	559	(2)
Notes and Questions	561	(2)
Teamsters Local No. 391 v. Terry	563	(15)
Notes and Questions	578	(1)
The Right to Jury Trial in Statutorily-Created Administrative Proceedings	578	(2)
Notes and Questions	580	(1)
Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg	581	(14)
Notes and Questions	595	(2)
Complex Cases and the Right to Jury Trial	597	(5)
The Seventh Amendment and Jury Size	602	(1)
Jury Selection	603	(3)
Notes and Questions	606	(1)
Judicial Control of the Verdict	606	(84)
Judgment as a Matter of Law (Formerly Directed Verdict and Judgment NOV)	606	(1)
Galloway v. United States	607	(13)
Notes and Questions	620	(1)
The Constitutionality of Judgment as a Matter of Law After Verdict	621	(1)
Notes and Questions	622	(1)
Lavender v. Kurn	623	(4)
Notes and Questions	627	(6)
Judgment as a Matter of Law and Law Application	633	(1)
Burden Shifting and Substantive Policy	634	(1)
Guenther v. Armstrong Rubber Co.	635	(2)
Notes and Questions	637	(6)
Motion for New Trial	643	(1)
Ahern v. Scholz	643	(4)
Notes and Questions	647	(2)
The Intersection Between Judgment as a Matter of Law and Motion for New Trial	649	(4)
Relief From Judgment Under Rule 60(b)	653	(5)
Remittitur and Additur	658	(1)
Dimick v. Schiedt	658	(7)
Notes and Questions	665	(6)
The Nature of the Verdict	671	(1)
Whitlock v. Jackson	671	(5)
Notes and Questions	676	(5)
Juror Impeachment of the Verdict	681	(1)
Sopp v. Smith	681	(1)
People v. Hutchinson	682	(3)
Notes and Questions	685	(5)
Choosing the Forum---Geographical Location	690	(170)
The Traditional Formulation: The ``Power'' Theory of Jurisdiction	691	(19)
Pennoyer v. Neff	691	(6)
Notes and Questions	697	(4)
Fraudulent Inducement Into the Forum	701	(2)
Harris v. Balk	703	(2)
Notes and Questions	705	(1)
Hess v. Pawloski	706	(2)
Notes and Questions	708	(1)
Jurisdiction Over Corporate Defendants	709	(1)
The Shift to Minimum Contacts	710	(13)
International Shoe Co. v. Washington	710	(5)
Notes and Questions	715	(2)
McGee v. International Life Ins. Co.	717	(2)
Notes and Questions	719	(4)
The States' Response---Long---Arm Statutes	723	(6)
Notes and Questions	725	(2)
Personal Jurisdiction in Federal Court	727	(2)
Refining the Minimum Contacts Analysis	729	(62)
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson	730	(10)
Notes and Questions	740	(4)
General and Specific Jurisdiction	744	(1)
Calder v. Jones	745	(2)
Notes and Questions	747	(5)
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz	752	(11)
Notes and Questions	763	(2)
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court	765	(7)
Notes and Questions	772	(4)
Pavlovich v. Superior Court	776	(10)
Notes and Questions	786	(5)
Presence of Defendant's Property	791	(18)
Shaffer v. Heitner	791	(12)
Notes and Questions	803	(3)
Choice of Law	806	(3)
Personal Service Within the Jurisdiction	809	(12)
Burnham v. Superior Court	809	(10)
Notes and Questions	819	(2)
The General Jurisdiction Alternative	821	(8)
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S.A. v. Hall	821	(4)
Notes and Questions	825	(4)
Litigating Jurisdiction	829	(6)
Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Ltd. v. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee	829	(2)
Notes and Questions	831	(2)
Consent to Suit in Forum	833	(1)
Forum Selection Clauses	834	(1)
The Requirement of Notice	835	(5)
Notes and Questions	836	(2)
Manner of Serving Process	838	(2)
Venue	840	(7)
Bates v. C & S Adjusters, Inc.	841	(3)
Notes and Questions	844	(3)
Discretionary Decline of Jurisdiction	847	(13)
Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno	847	(9)
Notes and Questions	856	(4)
Choosing the Forum---State v. Federal Court	860	(59)
Diversity of Citizenship	860	(11)
Mas v. Perry	861	(3)
Notes and Questions	864	(4)
Amount in Controversy	868	(1)
Notes and Questions	868	(3)
Federal Question	871	(19)
Louisville & Nashville R.R. v. Mottley	871	(2)
Notes and Questions	873	(4)
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Thompson	877	(9)
Notes and Questions	886	(4)
The Penumbra of Federal Judicial Power---Supplemental Jurisdiction	890	(21)
Rosario Ortega v. Star-Kist Foods, Inc.	892	(15)
Notes and Questions	907	(4)
Removal	911	(8)
Notes and Questions	912	(7)
Choosing the Law to Be Applied in Federal Court	919	(98)
Choosing Between State and Federal Law	919	(72)
Swift v. Tyson	919	(1)
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins	920	(7)
Notes and Questions	927	(3)
Guaranty Trust Co. v. York	930	(5)
Notes and Questions	935	(2)
Efforts to Apply York	937	(3)
Erie and Conflict of Laws	940	(3)
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.	943	(4)
Notes and Questions	947	(2)
Hanna v. Plumer	949	(9)
John H. Ely, The Irrepressible Myth of Erie	958	(2)
Notes and Questions	960	(3)
Federal Procedural Statutes and Hanna--Erie	963	(2)
Burlington Northern Railroad Co. v. Woods	965	(2)
Notes and Questions	967	(5)
Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.	972	(1)
Notes and Questions	973	(2)
Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.	975	(12)
Notes and Questions	987	(4)
Determining State Law	991	(6)
Mason v. American Emery Wheel Works	991	(2)
Notes and Questions	993	(4)
The ``Converse--Erie'' Problem	997	(8)
Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown R.R.	997	(5)
Notes and Questions	1002	(3)
Federal Common Law	1005	(12)
The Source and Legitimacy of Federal Common Law	1005	(3)
The Common Law of Federal ``Proprietary'' Interests	1008	(1)
United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.	1008	(6)
Notes and Questions	1014	(3)
Appeals	1017	(75)
The Value of Appellate Review	1017	(4)
The Problem of Appealability	1021	(57)
The ``Final Judgment'' Rule: Judicial Expansion and Contraction	1021	(1)
Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance Company	1022	(2)
Notes and Questions	1024	(5)
Exceptions to the Final Judgment Rule	1029	(1)
The ``Collateral Order'' Doctrine	1029	(1)
Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corporation	1029	(1)
Digital Equipment Corporation v. Desktop Direct, Inc.	1030	(10)
Notes and Questions	1040	(6)
Civil Rights Cases	1046	(2)
Discovery Orders	1048	(2)
Appeal Under § 1292(b)	1050	(1)
Cardwell v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.	1050	(2)
Notes and Questions	1052	(3)
Mandamus	1055	(1)
Will v. United States	1055	(3)
Notes and Questions	1058	(3)
Partial Final Judgment Under Rule 54(b)	1061	(1)
Curtiss-Wright Corporation v. General Electric Company	1061	(5)
Notes and Questions	1066	(3)
Appeal of Interlocutory Injunctions	1069	(1)
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation v. Mayacamas Corporation	1069	(5)
Notes and Questions	1074	(2)
Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction	1076	(2)
Appellate Review of Judicial Findings of Fact	1078	(10)
Bose Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.	1078	(6)
Notes and Questions	1084	(4)
Problems of Appellate Procedure	1088	(4)
Standing on Appeal	1088	(2)
The Mechanics of Taking an Appeal	1090	(2)
Preclusive Effects of Judgments	1092	(113)
Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel	1092	(2)
Final Judgments	1094	(1)
Claim Preclusion (Res Judicata)	1095	(47)
Same Claim or Cause of Action	1095	(1)
Manego v. Orleans Board of Trade	1095	(6)
Notes and Questions	1101	(6)
Other Action Pending	1107	(1)
Application of Res Judicata to Defendants	1107	(2)
Notes and Questions	1109	(2)
Exceptions to the Rule Against Splitting a Cause of Action	1111	(1)
Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie	1111	(4)
Notes and Questions	1115	(5)
On the Merits	1120	(1)
Rinehart v. Locke	1121	(2)
Notes and Questions	1123	(2)
Preclusion in State--Federal Court Adjudications	1125	(1)
Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	1125	(4)
Notes and Questions	1129	(4)
Semtek International, Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.	1133	(6)
Notes and Questions	1139	(3)
Issue Preclusion (Collateral Estoppel)	1142	(22)
Same Issue Litigated	1142	(1)
Little v. Blue Goose Motor Coach Co.	1142	(2)
Notes and Questions	1144	(2)
Hardy v. Johns--Manville Sales Corporation	1146	(3)
Notes and Questions	1149	(2)
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sunnen	1151	(2)
Notes and Questions	1153	(5)
Alternative Grounds for Decision	1158	(1)
Halpern v. Schwartz	1158	(4)
Notes and Questions	1162	(2)
Persons Bound by Judgment	1164	(41)
Parties and Persons in Privity	1164	(1)
Benson and Ford, Inc. v. Wanda Petroleum Co.	1164	(4)
Notes and Questions	1168	(5)
Mutuality of Estoppel	1173	(1)
Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore	1174	(8)
Notes and Questions	1182	(6)
Collateral Attack on Class Action Judgments	1188	(1)
Stephenson v. Dow Chemical Co.	1188	(8)
Notes and Questions	1196	(3)
Collateral Estoppel Against the Government	1199	(1)
United States v. Mendoza	1199	(3)
Notes and Questions	1202	(3)
Index	1205