CIVIL PROCEDURE
FALL QUARTER 2009
Professor Margaret Y.K. Woo
Assigned Texts:
1. Stephen Yeazell, Civil Procedure (Seventh Edition) (assignments noted by
“CP__”). ISBN 9780735569256
2. Stephen Yeazell, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 2009 Statutory Supplement
containing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (noted as “FR___”) and Forms,
Statutes (noted as “28 U.S.C.§___”), and the United States Constitution (noted as
“U.S. Const.___”). ISBN 978073557949
3. Gerald Stern, The Buffalo Creek Disaster (noted as “BC”). ISBN 0-394-72343-0
Recommended Texts:
1. Steve Subrin & Margaret Woo, Litigating in America: Civil Procedure in Context
(Aspen Publishing, 2006) ISBN 9780735552661
2. Joseph Glannon, Civil Procedure: Examples and Explanations, 6th ed., (Aspen
Publishing, 2009). ISBN 9780735570337
Class attendance is mandatory, and class participation is encouraged. My office hours
will be Tu. & Th.3:30 to 4:30. I strongly encourage each of you to meet with me at least
once this semester. My office address is 32 Cargill, e-mail: [Link]@[Link]. Your final
evaluation will be based on a combination of class participation, satisfactory completion
of a series of exercises and the final exam.
Date Topic Assignment
9/3 I. Overview of Procedure BC 1-197
(10:30-12 p.m.) Please skim U.S. Const. Art.
III; 28 U.S.C. 1332
9/4 Overview of Procedure (cont.) CP 1-12, BC 197-303
(12:30–2) Please skim FR 8, 12, 26(b),
56
9/7 No Class – Labor Day
9/8 II. Pleading
A. Historical Perspectives CP 333-344
9/10 B. Stating a Claim CP 17-20, 344-357
FR 1, 2, 7-10
1
[BC Complaint]
C. Specificity CP 357-369, Supp.417-18
FR 9
9/14 D Burdens of Proof CP 370-375, Supp. 418
E. Lawyer Ethics CP 13-17, 375-387, 660 n.4
FR 11
9/15 F. Responding to Complaint CP 20-25, 387-402
FR 8, 11-12
[rule 12 questions]
9/17 G. Amendments CP 402-414
FR 15
9/21 H. Permissive Joinder of Claims CP 737-749
FR 13, 18
9/22 J. Permissive Joinder of Parties CP 25-28, 749-760,
Supp. 445
FR 14, 17, 20
[joinder questions]
9/24 Review Quiz I Review Quiz I
9/28 No Class -Yom Kippur
9/29 III. Remedies
A. Post-Judgment Remedies CP 261-291
FR 57, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-
2202
10/1 B. Attorney’s fees CP 291-316
FR 54(d), 68
10/2 C. Provisional/Pre-Judgment CP 316-331
(Rescheduled) Remedies FR 65,
(1:30 to 3) U.S. Const. Amend. XIV
10/5 IV. Discovery and the Adversary System
A. Discovery Methods CP 28-33, 415-438
FR 26-37
10/6 B. Limitations on Discovery: CP 439-449
2
Privilege & Work Product
10/8 Experts & Privacy CP 449-460
[BC discovery prob.]
10/12 No Class – Columbus Day
10/13 C. Abuse of Discovery CP 460-472, Supp. 419-29
FR 11, 37, Form 35
V. Avoiding Trial
A. Dismissals CP 473-481
FR 41, 55
10/15 B. Summary Judgment CP 33-38, 526-540 Supp. 431
FR 56
.
10/16 VI. Trial
(Rescheduled) A. Pretrial Conference CP 540-549
(1:30 to 3) FR 16
B. Fact-finders CP 551-560
28 U.S.C. §§ 144, 455, 1861-
67, FR 38, 39, 52
C. Judicial Control of Jury CP 38-42, 598-609
FR 50
10/19 D. Judicial Control (cont.) CP 609-617
FR 59
10/20 Review Quiz II Review Quiz II
10/22 VII. Preclusive Effects of Judgments
A. Claim Preclusion CP 42-48, 667-688, Supp.
435-443
10/26 Claim Preclusion (cont.) CP 688-693
B. Issue Preclusion CP 694-702
10/27 Issue Preclusion (cont.) CP 702-715
[preclusion questions]
10/29 VIII. Jurisdiction
A. Personal Jurisdiction
3
1. Origins CP 56-75,
U.S. Const, Art. IV, § 1,
Amends., V & XIV, § 1
2. “Minimum Contacts” CP 74-82
11/2 a. Absorbing In Rem CP 82-96
b. Specific Jurisdiction CP 96-122
11/3 c. General Jurisdiction CP 122-134
11/5 3. Consent CP 134-139
4. Notice CP 140-154
FR 4,
Forms 1A & 1B
5. Restraints on Jurisdiction
a. Long-Arm Statutes CP 154-158
11/6 b. Venue CP 158-164
(NU Monday) 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391-1392
c. Transfer and Forum CP 164-173
Non Conveniens 28 U.S.C.§ 1404(a),
1406, 1631
[personal jurisdiction &
venue questions]
11/9 B. Subject Matter Jurisdiction CP 175-178
U.S. Const. Art. III
1. Federal Question CP 178-189
28 U.S.C. § 1331
2. Diversity CP 189-204
28 U.S.C. § 1332
11/10 3. Supplemental CP 204-213, 761-770
28 U.S.C. § 1367
[supplemental jurisdiction &
joinder questions]
11/12 4. Removal CP 213-220
28 U.S.C. §§ 1441, 1446-47
4
Review Quiz III Review Quiz III
11/16 IX. Choice of Law
A. the Erie doctrine CP 221-237
28 U.S.C. § 1652
11/17 B. Limits of State Power CP 237-246
11/19 Limits of State Power (cont.) CP 246-255
[BC Erie problem]
11/23 X. Complex Litigation
A. Compulsory Joinder of Parties CP 770-780, Supp. 445
Rule 19
11/24 B. Intervention CP 780-791
FR 24
11/26 No Class – Thanksgiving
11/30 C. Class Actions CP 798-821
FR 23, 28 U.S.C. 1332 (d),
28 U.S.C. 145
12/1 Catch-up
12/3 Review Quiz IV Review Quiz IV
