Civil procedure : examples & explanations

Personal jurisdiction : the enigma of minimum contacts

Statutory limits on personal jurisdiction : the reach and grasp of the long-arm

Seeking the home field advantage : challenges to personal jurisdiction

Federal questions and federal cases : jurisdiction over cases "arising under" federal law

Diversity jurisdiction : when does multiplicity constitute diversity?

Personal and subject matter jurisdiction compared : the first two rings

Second guessing the plaintiff's choice of forum : removal

Proper venue in federal courts : a rough measure of convenience

Choosing a proper court : the three rings reconsidered

Easy Erie : the law of Rome and Athens

Eerie Erie : the substance/substance distinction

Erie and state choice of law : vertical uniformity and horizontal chaos

Sculpting the lawsuit : the basic rules of joinder

Into the labyrinth : joinder of parties under rule 14

Essentials and interlopers : joinder of parties under rules 19 and 25 Jurisdictional fellow travelers : supplemental jurisdiction

Jurisdiction vs. joinder : the difference between power and permission

The bearer of bad tidings : service of process in the federal courts

Getting off easy : the motion to dismiss

When justice so requires : amendments to pleadings under the federal rules

The scope of discovery : the rules giveth, and the rules taketh away

Tools of the trade : the basic methods of discovery

Defective allegation or insufficient proof : dismissal for failure to state a claim compared to summary judgment

The judge and the jury, part one : judgment as a matter of law (directed verdict)

The judge and the jury, part two : whose case is this, anyway?

Res judicata : the limits of procedural liberality

Res judicata and the rules of joinder : when does may mean must?

Collateral estoppel : fine-tuning the preclusion doctrine

The obscure kingdom : nonmutual collateral estoppel An introduction to the pretrial litigation process : setting the stage for the Schulansky case

First moves : Schulansky goes to court

A change of forum : Ronan removes to federal court

The defendants' perspective : Ronan's answer and counterclaim

Chain reaction : Ronan brings in Jones

Preliminary objections : Jones seeks a way out