Civil Procedure Outline for Law School
A comprehensive civil procedure outline organized by topic. Use this as a foundation for your own course outline and exam preparation.
Personal Jurisdiction
- •General jurisdiction
- •Specific jurisdiction (minimum contacts)
- •Purposeful availment
- •Long-arm statutes
- •Tag jurisdiction
Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
- •Federal question (28 USC 1331)
- •Diversity jurisdiction (28 USC 1332)
- •Supplemental jurisdiction (28 USC 1367)
- •Removal
Erie Doctrine
- •Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
- •Outcome-determinative test (Guaranty Trust)
- •Hanna v. Plumer (FRCP vs. state law)
- •Byrd balancing test
Pleading Standards
- •Twombly plausibility standard
- •Iqbal: all claims must be plausible
- •Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss
Discovery
- •Scope (Rule 26)
- •Work product doctrine
- •Privilege
- •E-discovery
Class Actions
- •Rule 23 requirements
- •Numerosity, commonality, typicality, adequacy
- •Types: (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3)
Res Judicata & Collateral Estoppel
- •Claim preclusion requirements
- •Issue preclusion requirements
- •Mutuality of estoppel
Key Cases
International Shoe v. Washington
Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
Pennoyer v. Neff
World Wide Volkswagen v. Woodson
Twombly
Iqbal
Hanna v. Plumer
Hansberry v. Lee
Wal Mart Stores v. Dukes
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