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Title:
Questions & answers. Civil procedure : multiple-choice and short-answer questions and answers / William V. Dorsaneo III, Elizabeth G. Thornburg.
Author:
Dorsaneo, William V., author.

Thornburg, Elizabeth G., author.
Publication Information:
New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis, [2015]

©2015
Call Number:
KF8841 .D67 2015
Edition:
Fourth edition.
ISBN:
9781632828583
Series:
The Questions & answers series

Questions & answers series (LexisNexis (Firm))
Physical Description:
xi, 387 pages ; 28 cm.
Contents:
Pleadings : plaintiff's pleadings -- Pleadings : defendant's pleadings -- Pleadings : heightened specificity -- Amended pleadings -- Joinder of claims -- Permissive joinder of parties -- Compulsory joinder of parties -- Interpleader -- Intervention -- Joinder of additional parties -- Counterclaims & cross-claims -- Class actions -- Discovery : automatic initial disclosures -- Discovery : scope of discovery & discovery relevance -- Discovery : work product -- Discovery : attorney-client privilege -- Discovery : expert witnesses -- Discovery devices -- Discovery : electronically stored information -- Discovery sanctions -- Involuntary dismissals and default judgments -- Summary judgment : summary judgment burdens -- Summary judgment : the burdens applied -- Right to jury trial -- Selection and composition of juries -- Jury instructions : form and objections -- Burdens of proof at trial ; prima facie case and presumptions -- Motions for judgment as a matter of law ; standard and scope of review -- Bench trials ; findings of fact and conclusions of law -- Motions for new trial & Rule 60(b) motions -- Subject matter jurisdiction : diversity of citizenship -- Subject matter jurisdiction : amount in controversy -- Subject matter jurisdiction : federal questions -- Subject matter jurisdiction : supplemental jurisdiction -- Subject matter jurisdiction : comparing supplemental jurisdiction & the Class Action Fairness Act -- Subject matter jurisdiction : removal -- Territorial jurisdiction : vocabulary -- Consent, status, domicile, & transient jurisdiction -- In personam jurisdiction : overview -- Specific jurisdiction -- General jurisdiction -- Personal jurisdiction : procedural issues -- Service of process -- Venue generally -- Change of venue -- Venue, forum non conveniens, and procedural issues -- Claim preclusion -- Issue preclusion -- Non-mutual issue preclusion -- The law of the case doctrine -- State law in federal court : overview -- State law in federal court (the Erie Doctrine) -- Federal common law -- Appellate jurisdiction -- Appellate procedure.
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