Civil Procedure : A Modern Approach

by Marcus

• ISBN13: 9780314241214
• ISBN10: 0314241213
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Table of Cases	xxvii
Table of Secondary Authorities	li
Choosing a System of Procedure	1	(26)
The Rewards and Costs of Litigation---of Remedies and Related Matters	27	(91)
Prejudgment Seizure	27	(40)
Post Judgment Remedies	67	(30)
Cost of Litigation	97	(9)
Private Ordering Through Alternatives to Litigation	106	(12)
Describing and Defining the Dispute	118	(102)
The Historical Evolution of Pleading	118	(10)
Describing and Testing the Plaintiff's Claim	128	(54)
Defendant's Response	182	(22)
Voluntary Dismissal	204	(3)
Amendments to Pleadings	207	(13)
Establishing the Structure and Size of the Dispute	220	(100)
Proper Parties to a Suit	220	(6)
Joinder of Claims (Rule 18(a))	226	(1)
Permissive Joinder of Parties (Rule 20)	227	(6)
Compulsory Joinder of Parties (Rule 19)	233	(19)
Impleader (Rule 14)	252	(5)
Counterclaims and Cross-Claims (Rule 13)	257	(2)
Interpleader (Rule 22 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1335)	259	(9)
Intervention (Rule 24)	268	(13)
Class Actions (Rule 23)	281	(39)
Obtaining Information for Trial	320	(83)
The Promise and Reality of Broad Discovery	320	(10)
The Discovery Devices	330	(16)
Manging the Scope and Burden of Discovery	346	(14)
Exemptions From Discovery	360	(31)
Investigation---Fact Gathering Without Judicial Assistance	391	(3)
Enforcing the Discovery Rules---Sanctions	394	(9)
Adjudication Before Trial: Summary Judgment	403	(41)
The Nature of the Summary Judgment Device: The Concept of Burden Shifting	404	(23)
Meeting the Burden of Production: Determining the Appropriate Standard	427	(17)
Judicial Supervision of Pretrial and Promotion of Settlement	444	(53)
Pretrial Conference	445	(17)
Settlement Devices Using Intervention by Third Parties	462	(17)
Incentives to Settle Through Shifting of Attorney's Fees and Costs	479	(18)
Trial	497	(169)
The Phases of a Trial	497	(9)
Seventh Amendment Right to Jury Trial	506	(78)
Judicial Control of the Verdict	584	(82)
Choosing the Forum---Geographical Location	666	(180)
The Traditional Formulation: The ``Power'' Theory of Jurisdiction	667	(19)
The Shift to Minimum Contacts	686	(11)
The States' Response-Long-arm Statutes	697	(9)
Refining the Minimum Contacts Analysis	706	(54)
Presence of Defendant's Property	760	(18)
Personal Service Within the Jurisdiction	778	(18)
The General Jurisdiction Alternative	796	(8)
Consent	804	(5)
Jurisdictional ``Ouster'' by Consent---Forum Selection Clauses	809	(6)
the Requirement of Notice	815	(10)
Venue	825	(8)
Discretionary Decline of Jurisdiction	833	(13)
Choosing the Forum---State v. Federal Court	846	(75)
Diversity of Citizenship	846	(11)
Federal Question	857	(21)
The Penumbra of Federal Judicial Power-Supplemental Jurisdiction	878	(27)
Removal	905	(16)
Choosing the Law to Be Applied in Federal Court	921	(111)
Choosing Between State and Federal Law	921	(71)
Determining State Law	992	(6)
The ``Converse-Erie'' Problem	998	(8)
Federal Common Law	1006	(26)
Appeals	1032	(82)
The Value of Appellate Review	1032	(3)
The Problem of Appealability	1035	(56)
Appellate Review of Judicial Findings of Fact	1091	(12)
Problems of Appellate Procedure	1103	(11)
Preclusive Effects of Judgments	1114	(65)
Claim Preclusion (Res Judicata)	1117	(36)
Issue Preclusion (Collateral Estoppel)	1153	(21)
Persons Bound by Judgment	1174	(5)
Index	1179