Introduction to U.S. Civil Procedure

Begins/Ends

02/24 - 06/02

Fri. 12:15 - 1:45pm

Room: KOL F-109

Please note: There is a reading assignment for the first class. Please see the syllabus below for details and make sure you do the reading before class.

The class on Friday, June 2, will be a review session.

Syllabus (PDF, 95 KB)

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pre-2016 version with forms (PDF, 5 MB)

introductory reading for first class (PDF, 4 MB)

readings for first through fourth class (PDF, 6 MB)

Introduction (PDF, 269 KB)

Pleadings (PDF, 239 KB)

Trump for President v. Secretary of Pennsylvania (PDF, 71 KB)

Sample Interrogatory (PDF, 665 KB)

Discovery (PDF, 620 KB)

Termination without Trial (PDF, 1 MB)

Readings for Weeks 5 and 6 (PDF, 4 MB)

Settlement (PDF, 266 KB)

Trial (PDF, 198 KB)

readings for weeks six and seven (PDF, 5 MB)

Class Actions (PDF, 216 KB)

selection of judges (PDF, 206 KB)

Selection of Judges (PDF, 193 KB)

Readings week eight and nine (PDF, 11 MB)

Judicial Jurisdiction (PDF, 485 KB)

McIntyre v. Nicastro (PDF, 409 KB)

Daimler Chrysler v. Bauman (PDF, 454 KB)

BMS v. Superior Court (PDF, 445 KB)

Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (PDF, 140 KB)

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