Civil Procedure Stories

by Clermont, Kevin M.

• ISBN13: 9781587787232
• ISBN10: 1587787237
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-06
• Publisher: West Academic

Summary

This study aid provides a deeper understanding of the great civil procedure cases. Fourteen professors each wrote a short chapter on one of the cases, retelling the cases in their own voice and by their own method. Each chapter has separate sections containing the social and legal background of the case, factual background, lower court proceedings, final appellate disposition, issues, decisions, reasons, separate opinions, factual postscript to the case, why the case is famous and when it became so, and why it is still a leading case.

Table of Contents

Introduction Civil Procedure Archaeology	1	(20)
Kevin M. Clermont
Part I: Forum
Governing law---The Story of Erie: How Litigants, Lawyers, Judges, Politics, and Social Change Reshape the Law	21	(54)
Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
Subject-matter jurisdiction---The Story of Owen Equipment v. Kroger: A Change in the Weather of Federal Jurisdiction	75	(54)
John B. Oakley
Territorial jurisdiction---The Story of Shaffer: Allocating Jurisdictional Authority Among the States	129	(24)
Wendy Collins Perdue
Procedural due process---The Story of Connecticut v. Doehr: Balancing Costs and Benefits in Defining Procedural Rights	153	(40)
Robert G. Bone
Venue---The Story of Piper: Fracturing the Foundation of Forum Non Conveniens	193	(24)
Kevin M. Clermont
Part II: Pretrial
Parties---The Story of Hansberry: The Foundation for Modern Class Actions	217	(64)
Jay Tidmarsh
Pleadings---The Story of Conley: Precedent by Accident	281	(26)
Emily Sherwin
Discovery---The Story of Hickman: Preserving Adversarial Incentives While Embracing Broad Discovery	307	(36)
Richard L. Marcus
Motions---The Story of Celotex: The Role of Summary Judgment in the Administration of Civil Justice	343	(28)
David L. Shapiro
Part III: Trial
Jury---The Story of Colgrove: Social Science on Trial	371	(16)
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski
Part IV: Judgment
Res judicata---The Story of Parklane: The ``Litigation Crisis'' and the Efficiency Imperative	387	(40)
Lewis A. Grossman
Recognition and enforcement---The Story of Hilton: From Gloves to Globalization	427	(28)
Louise Ellen Teitz
Part V: System
Adjudicatory---The Story of Goldberg: Why This Case Is Our Shorthand	455	(34)
Judith Resnik
Adversarial---The Story of Lassiter: The Importance of Counsel in an Adversary System	489	(40)
Elizabeth G. Thornburg
Biographies of Civil Procedure Stories Contributors	529