Glannon, Joseph W. creator Perlman, Andrew M. (Andrew Marcus) Raven-Hansen, Peter 1946- text Casebooks. nyu New York Aspen Publishers c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xxxi, 1287 p. 26 cm. An introduction to American courts -- Litigation process and sources of procedural law -- Diversity jurisdiction in the federal courts -- Federal question jurisdiction -- Removal of cases from state to federal court -- The evolution of personal jurisdiction -- Specific in personam jurisdiction -- Other constitutional bases for personal jurisdiction -- Long-arm statutes -- The constitutional requirement of notice and methods of service of process -- Basic venue : statutory allocation of cases within a court system -- Challenges to venue : transfers and dismissals -- Basic pleading -- Responding to the complaint (or not?) -- Care and candor in pleading -- Amending pleadings -- Joinder of claims and parties -- Complex joinder : intervention, interpleader, and required parties -- Class actions -- Supplemental jurisdiction in the federal courts -- Informal investigation and the scope of discovery -- Discovery tools -- Discovery control and abuse -- State law in federal courts : the Erie doctrine -- Substance and procedure under the Erie doctrine -- Pretrial case management -- Dispositions without trial -- The right to jury trial -- Judgment as a matter of law (directed verdict and JNOV) -- Controlling the jury -- New trial and relief from judgment -- Appeals -- Claim preclusion -- Issue preclusion : further limits to relitigation. Joseph W. Glannon, Andrew M. Perlman, Peter Raven-Hansen. Includes index. Civil procedure United States KF 8839 .G578 2011 347.73/5 9780735597891 0735597898 2011009315 PUCPR 110302 20160527184630.0 303764