Gain insight into the laws governing all of the major steps in the civil litigation process, starting with investigation and ending with post-appeal collateral attacks. This text covers the major themes underlying the governing legal standards and those basic issues that the case law and literature suggest to be the most pressing. References to federal practice and procedure are provided with a discussion on the burden of complex, multi-party litigation on the judicial system.
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Understanding Civil Procedure
Elements of Civil Procedure, Cases and Materials
Finally, in Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915 (2011), the Supreme Court considered whether a North Carolina court could exercise general jurisdiction over three foreign subsidiaries of Goodyear on the grounds ...
The book breaks the doctrines of civil procedure into easy-to-understand components, and then brings them together to show how they form a comprehensive body of law.
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Civil Procedure, Cases and Materials
In both cases the lack of jurisdiction may be shown by extrinsic evidence.166 158 Thompson v. Whitman, 18 Wall. (85 U.S.) 457 (1873); Old Wayne Mutual Life Association v. McDonough, 204 U.S. 8, 15, 27 S.Ct. 236 (1907) ; Williams v.
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 250 (1986). Of course, a party seeking summary judgment always bears the initial responsibility of informing the district court of the basis for its motion, and identifying those portions ...