Complex Litigation

by Marcus, Richard L.

• ISBN13: 9780314147349
• ISBN10: 0314147349
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-05
• Publisher: West Group
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Summary

Text is designed for an upper-level division course, and it serves as a useful source and reference book for students once they are in practice. In-depth coverage of the nature of complex litigation.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Table of Cases	xvii
Table of Authorities	xxxvii
The Nature of Complex Litigation	1	(23)
The Metamorphosis of Litigation	2	(7)
Chayes, The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation	3	(4)
Rand Institute for Civil Justice, Class Action Dilemmas: Pursuing Public Goals for Private Gain	7	(2)
The Aggregation Debate	9	(6)
Sherman, Aggregate Disposition of Related Cases: The Policy Issues	10	(5)
Evaluating Innovation in Litigation	15	(9)
Judicial Involvement and Management	15	(2)
Dispute Resolution as Goal of Civil Litigation	17	(1)
Combined or Individual Treatment	18	(1)
Broad v. Specific Rules	19	(1)
Impact of Procedure on Substance	20	(1)
Modeling Procedures on Complex Cases	21	(1)
Federalism Concerns	22	(2)
Joinder and Structure of Suit in a Unitary Federal Forum	24	(79)
Permissive Party Joinder	24	(21)
Mosley v. General Motors Corp	24	(4)
Brunet, A Study in the Allocation of Scarce Resources: The Efficiency of Federal Intervention Criteria	28	(4)
Notes and Questions	32	(2)
Stanford v. Tennessee Valley Authority	34	(3)
Notes and Questions	37	(2)
Hall v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.	39	(1)
Chance v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.	39	(4)
Notes and Questions	43	(2)
Compulsory Party Joinder	45	(17)
Eldredge v. Carpenters 46 Northern California Counties JATC	45	(4)
Notes and Questions	49	(5)
The Rule 19(b) Determination	54	(3)
Supplemental Jurisdiction for Joinder of Additional Parties	57	(3)
Joinder Problems Involving State Governmental Entities	60	(2)
Intervention	62	(24)
Brunet, A Study in the Allocation of Scarce Resources: The Efficiency of Federal Intervention Criteria	63	(1)
Planned Parenthood v. Citizens for Community Action	64	(3)
Notes and Questions	67	(6)
United States v. Reserve Mining Co.	73	(9)
Notes and Questions	82	(4)
Consequences of Failure to Join	86	(17)
Martin v. Wilks	86	(12)
Notes and Questions	98	(5)
Disposition of Duplicative or Related Litigation	103	(115)
Multiple Proceedings in Federal Court	104	(60)
Stay Orders or Injunctions Against Prosecution of Suits in Other Federal Courts	104	(1)
William Gluckin & Co. v. International Playtex Corp.	104	(4)
Notes and Questions	108	(1)
Semmes Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.	109	(5)
Notes and Questions	114	(1)
Pretrial Consolidation	115	(1)
Katz v. Realty Equities Corp. of New York	116	(7)
Rheingold, The Mer/29 Story---An Instance of Successful Mass Disaster Litigation	123	(2)
Notes and Questions	125	(3)
Transfer to a More Convenient Forum	128	(1)
Ginsey Industries, Inc. v. I.T.K. Plastics, Inc.	128	(2)
Notes and Questions	130	(2)
Dismissal for Forum Non Conveniens	132	(1)
De Melo v. Lederle Laboratories	132	(8)
Notes and Questions	140	(2)
Transfer Under Multidistrict Litigation Procedures	142	(1)
Hansel, Extreme Litigation: An Interview With Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges, Chairman of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation	143	(3)
In re Aviation Products Liability Litigation	146	(5)
Notes and Questions	151	(3)
Weigel, The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Transferor Courts and Transferee Courts	154	(2)
In re Factor VIII or IX Concentrate Blood Products Litigation	156	(2)
Notes and Questions	158	(6)
Dual State--Federal Proceedings	164	(45)
Federal Court's Decline of Jurisdiction or Grant of Stay Order	165	(1)
Traditional Abstention (Pullman and Burford)	165	(1)
BT Investment Managers, Inc. v. Lewis	165	(3)
Notes and Questions	168	(3)
Equitable Abstention under Younger v. Harris	171	(1)
Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco. Inc.	171	(9)
Notes and Questions	180	(4)
Stay of Federal Suit in Interests of ``Wise Judicial Administration''	184	(1)
Life--Link International, Inc. v. Lalla	184	(3)
Notes and Questions	187	(3)
Federal Court's Injunction Against Prosecution of State Proceedings (Anti--Injunction Act)	190	(1)
Standard Microsystems Corp. v. Texas Instruments, Inc.	191	(5)
Notes and Questions	196	(3)
All Writs Act as Authority for Federal Court Orders Relating to State--Court Suits	199	(1)
In re Baldwin--United Corp.	199	(6)
Notes and Questions	205	(4)
Bankruptcy Proceedings	209	(9)
The Gathering Power of Bankruptcy Courts	213	(5)
Class Actions	218	(323)
Ethical Considerations in Class Action Practice	223	(7)
Kline v. Coldwell, Banker & Co.	223	(3)
Notes and Questions	226	(4)
Prerequisites to a Class Action	230	(68)
Adequate Definition of the Class	231	(1)
Simer v. Rios	231	(6)
Notes and Questions	237	(4)
Numerosity	241	(1)
Board of Education of Township High School v. Climatemp, Inc.	241	(2)
Notes and Questions	243	(2)
Commonality	245	(1)
Blackie v. Barrack	246	(8)
Notes and Questions	254	(3)
Smilow v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc.	257	(6)
Notes and Questions	263	(4)
Typicality	267	(1)
General Telephone Company of the Southwest v. Falcon	267	(7)
Notes and Questions	274	(4)
La Mar v. H & B Novelty & Loan Co.	278	(4)
Notes and Questions	282	(3)
Representativeness	285	(1)
Hansberry v. Lee	285	(2)
Notes and Questions	287	(3)
Peil v. National Semiconductor Corp.	290	(2)
Notes and Questions	292	(6)
Types of Class Actions Maintainable	298	(74)
Rule 23(b)(1)(A)---``Incompatible Standards'' Class Actions	298	(4)
Rule 23(b)(1)(B)---``Limited Fund'' Class Actions	302	(1)
Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.	302	(12)
Notes and Questions	314	(4)
Rule 23(b)(2) Classes	318	(1)
In re Monumental Life Ins. Co.	318	(8)
Notes and Questions	326	(4)
Rule 23(b)(3) Classes	330	(1)
Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.	331	(5)
Notes and Questions	336	(4)
Castano v. The American Tobacco Co.	340	(13)
Notes and Questions	353	(6)
Defendant Class Actions	359	(1)
Thillens, Inc. v. Community Currency Exchange Association of Illinois	359	(7)
Notes and Questions	366	(2)
Timing of Class Certification Decisions	368	(2)
Timing of Appeals From Class Certification Decisions	370	(2)
Settlement Class Actions	372	(19)
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor	373	(14)
Notes and Questions	387	(4)
Overlapping Class Actions	391	(14)
In re Diet Drugs	391	(9)
Notes and Questions	400	(5)
Class Action Remedies	405	(7)
Simer v. Rios	406	(2)
Notes and Questions	408	(4)
Problems of Jurisdiction and Choice of Law	412	(28)
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts	412	(13)
Notes and Questions	425	(2)
Subject Matter Jurisdiction Limitations on State--Law Class Actions	427	(2)
In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.	429	(6)
Notes and Questions	435	(5)
Prejudgment Notice to Class Members	440	(8)
Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin	440	(3)
Notes and Questions	443	(5)
Intervention and Opt-Out	448	(12)
Woolen v. Surtran Taxicabs, Inc.	448	(7)
Notes and Questions	455	(5)
Statutes of Limitations	460	(10)
Crown Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker	462	(3)
Notes and Questions	465	(5)
Communications With Unnamed Members of Class	470	(11)
Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard	470	(3)
Kleiner v. First National Bank of Atlanta	473	(2)
Notes and Questions	475	(4)
Discovery From Unnamed Class Members	479	(1)
Notes and Questions	480	(1)
Mootness	481	(16)
Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper	481	(3)
United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty	484	(10)
Notes and Questions	494	(3)
Decertification and Modification of Class Definition	497	(12)
Payne v. Travenol Laboratories, Inc.	497	(10)
Notes and Questions	507	(2)
Judicial Control of Settlement	509	(32)
Parker v. Anderson	511	(3)
Notes and Questions	514	(5)
In re Prudential Insurance Co. Sales Practices Litigation	519	(14)
Notes and Questions	533	(6)
Distributing the Settlement Funds	539	(2)
Discovery	541	(85)
Overview of Large Case Discovery	542	(4)
E--Discovery	546	(15)
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC	546	(10)
Notes and Questions	556	(5)
Document Preservation	561	(10)
Nation--Wide Check Corp. v. Forest Hills Distributors, Inc.	561	(5)
Notes and Questions	566	(5)
Discovery Confidentiality and Protective Orders	571	(23)
Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart	574	(5)
Notes and Questions	579	(3)
Chicago Tribune Co. v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.	582	(8)
Notes and Questions	590	(4)
Preserving Privilege Protection	594	(32)
Transamerica Computer Co. v. International Business Machines Corp	595	(7)
Notes and Questions	602	(4)
United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.	606	(4)
Notes and Questions	610	(2)
Berkey Photo, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co.	612	(4)
Notes and Questions	616	(3)
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. v. Home Indemnity Co.	619	(4)
Notes and Questions	623	(3)
Judicial Control of Pretrial Litigation	626	(105)
The Case Management Movement	626	(18)
Resnik, Managerial Judges	628	(3)
Peckham, A Judicial Response to the Cost of Litigation: Case Management, Two--Stage Discovery Planning and Alternative Dispute Resolution	631	(3)
Notes and Questions	634	(5)
Judicial Settlement Promotion	639	(2)
Notes and Questions	641	(3)
Sanctions	644	(9)
Chapman v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.	644	(5)
Notes and Questions	649	(4)
Reliance on Judicial Surrogates	653	(11)
Cobell v. Norton	654	(6)
Notes and Questions	660	(4)
Judicial Selection of Counsel	664	(16)
McAllister v. Guterma	664	(2)
Notes and Questions	666	(3)
In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litigation	669	(6)
Notes and Questions	675	(5)
Attorneys' Fees Awards	680	(37)
Authority to Award Attorneys' Fees	681	(4)
Determining the Amount to Be Awarded	685	(1)
The Emergence of the Lodestar	686	(1)
Hensley v. Eckerhart	687	(10)
Notes and Questions	697	(6)
The Challenge to the Lodestar	703	(1)
In re Activision Securities Litigation	703	(3)
Matter of Superior Beverage/Glass Container Consolidated Pretrial	706	(6)
Notes and Questions	712	(5)
Recusal	717	(14)
United States v. State of Alabama	717	(4)
In re International Business Machines Corp.	721	(5)
Notes and Questions	726	(5)
Trying Complex Cases	731	(55)
Judicial Management of the Trial	734	(3)
Notes and Questions	735	(2)
Striking Jury Demands	737	(6)
Notes and Questions	740	(3)
Improved Trial Methods	743	(19)
Schwarzer, Reforming Jury Trials	743	(2)
Jury ``Empowerment''	745	(2)
Notes and Questions	747	(1)
Use of Technology	748	(3)
Notes and Questions	751	(4)
Alternatives to In--Court Testimony	755	(1)
Notes and Questions	756	(2)
Limiting the Amount of Evidence and Duration of Trial	758	(1)
MCI Communications Corp. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Co.	758	(2)
Notes and Questions	760	(2)
Bifurcation and Trifurcation	762	(15)
Symbolic Control, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corp.	762	(3)
Notes and Questions	765	(3)
In re Bendectin Litigation	768	(5)
Notes and Questions	773	(4)
Trial by Statistics	777	(9)
Notes and Questions	780	(6)
Preclusive Effects of Judgments in Complex Litigation	786	(97)
Claim Preclusion (Res Judicata)	786	(62)
Persons or Entities Bound by Prior Judgment	787	(1)
Tyus v. Schoemehl	788	(9)
Notes and Questions	797	(6)
The Effect of Judgments in Class Actions	803	(1)
Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Epstein	803	(13)
Notes and Questions	816	(3)
Stephenson v. Dow Chemical Co.	819	(8)
Notes and Questions	827	(4)
Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond	831	(7)
Notes and Questions	838	(3)
Goff v. Menke	841	(3)
Notes and Questions	844	(4)
Issue Preclusion in Complex Litigation	848	(35)
Persons or Entities Bound	848	(1)
In re Nissan Motor Corp. Antitrust Litigation	848	(5)
Notes and Questions	853	(1)
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.	854	(2)
Notes and Questions	856	(1)
Which Issues Were Actually Determined?	857	(1)
Friends for All Children v. Lockheed Aircraft	857	(6)
Notes and Questions	863	(1)
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.	864	(9)
Notes and Questions	873	(4)
Fraley v. American Cyanamid Co.	877	(3)
Notes and Questions	880	(1)
Efforts to Blunt Estoppel by Vacating Judgments	881	(2)
Alternatives to Litigation	883	(64)
Extra--Judicial Mechanisms	884	(54)
Arbitration	884	(9)
Invalidation of Arbitration Clauses under State Contract Law	893	(2)
Arbitrable and Non-arbitrable Claims in the Same Suit	895	(4)
Consolidation of Arbitration Proceedings	899	(1)
Murray, Rau & Sherman, Materials on Dispute Resolution	899	(3)
Notes and Questions	902	(1)
Classwide Arbitration	903	(1)
Blue Cross of California et al. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County	903	(10)
Notes and Questions	913	(1)
Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle	914	(7)
Notes and Questions	921	(2)
Innovative Techniques in Arbitration	923	(1)
Mnookin, Beyond Litigation	924	(3)
Mini--Trials	927	(1)
Green, Growth of the Mini--Trial	928	(1)
Note and Questions	929	(1)
Rent-a-Judge Programs	930	(1)
Notes and Questions	931	(1)
Industry--Wide Claims Settlement Through a Subscriber Facility: The Asbestos Claims Agreement	931	(1)
Fitzpatrick, The Center for Claims Resolution	932	(5)
Notes and Questions	937	(1)
Judicial Mechanisms	938	(9)
Summary Jury Trials	939	(2)
Notes and Questions	941	(2)
Court--Annexed Arbitration	943	(1)
Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)	944	(1)
Court--Annexed Mediation	945	(1)
Emerging Patterns of ADR Use in Federal Courts	946	(1)
Index	947