Civil Procedure

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Civil Procedure

A Context and Practice Casebook

Gerald F. HessGonzaga University School of Law

Theresa M. BeinerUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law

Scott R. BauriesUniversity of Kentucky College of Law

Carolina Academic PressDurham, North Carolina

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For my wife, Dana, and my daughter, Meredith.—Scott Bauries

To my first teachers, my parents, Marylin and Raymond Beiner.—Theresa Beiner

To my family of teachers and writers:Layne Stromwall, Michael Stromwall Hess, and Amanda Stromwall Hess.

—Gerry Hess

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Contents

Table of Principal Cases xxiiiSeries Editor’s Preface xxv

Chapter 1 · Introduction and Overview 31. Civil Procedure — A Context and Practice Casebook 32. The Nature of Civil Procedure 4

Exercise 1-1. The Importance of Civil Procedure 53. Sources of Law 6

a. Constitutions 6b. Statutes 6c. Rules and Regulations 7d. Judicial Decisions: Common Law and Equity 7

4. United States Court System 8a. United States District Courts 8b. United States Circuit Courts of Appeals 8c. The United States Supreme Court 9

5. Characteristics of Civil Litigation 9a. Goals of the Civil Litigation System 9

Exercise 1-2. Articulating and Achieving the Goals of the Civil Litigation System 9

b. Volume and Types of Civil Cases in Federal and State Court 10c. Adversary System 10

Exercise 1-3. Evaluating the Adversary System 116. Alternative Dispute Resolution 11

a. Civil Litigation 11b. Negotiation 11c. Mediation 12d. Arbitration 12

Exercise 1-4. Selecting Dispute Resolution Mechanisms 127. Professionalism 13

Spokane County Bar Association Code of Professional Courtesy 13Exercise 1-5. Professionalism 14

8. Legal Reasoning 14a. Case Analysis 14b. Statutory Analysis 16

Exercise 1-6. Statutory Analysis 169. Timeline of a Civil Lawsuit 17

a. Considerations Before Filing Suit 18b. Plaintiff Files the Complaint 18c. Defendant Responds 18

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d. Discovery 18e. Summary Judgment Motion 19f. Trial 19g. Judgment 19h. Appeal 19i. Preclusion 20

Chapter 2 · Personal Jurisdiction 211. Chapter Problem 212. Introduction 213. Personal Jurisdiction Foundations 23

Exercise 2-1. Pennoyer v. Neff and Case Reading Skills 24Pennoyer v. Neff 25

Notes Regarding Pennoyer v. Neff 30Exercise 2-2. Understanding In Rem, Quasi In Rem, and In Personam 31

Diagramming Lawsuits 324. Modern Personal Jurisdiction Theory 32

Exercise 2-3. International Shoe and Modern Personal Jurisdiction 33International Shoe Co. v. Washington 34

Exercise 2-4. International Shoe Revisited 37Note on Long Arm Statutes 38Exercise 2-5. Shaffer v. Heitner 40

Shaffer v. Heitner 40Exercise 2-6. Shaffer v. Heitner Revisited 47Note on Personal Jurisdiction in the Federal Court System 48Exercise 2-7. Reading Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 49Exercise 2-8. Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz 49

Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz 50Exercise 2-9. Burger King Revisited 57Note on Consent to Jurisdiction 58Exercise 2-10. Modern Specific Jurisdiction Cases and International

Parties: J. McIntyre Mach., Ltd. v. Nicastro 59J. McIntyre Mach., Ltd. v. Nicastro 60

Exercise 2-11. Nicastro revisited 675. General Jurisdiction 67

Exercise 2-12. General Jurisdiction in Daimler v. Bauman 68Daimler AG v. Bauman 68

Exercise 2-13. Daimler revisited 766. Personal Jurisdiction and the Internet 77

Exercise 2-14. Pebble Beach Co. v. Caddy 77Pebble Beach Co. v. Caddy 78

Exercise 2-15. Synthesis Exercise 847. Professional Development Reflection 85

Chapter 3 · Notice and Opportunity to Be Heard 871. Chapter Problem 87

Service and a Hearing 872. Introduction 883. Due Process Limits on Notice 88

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Exercise 3-1. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust 88Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. 89

Exercise 3-2. Greene v. Lindsey 93Greene v. Lindsey 93

Exercise 3-3. Due Process Notice Analysis — Dusenbery v. United States 98Exercise 3-4. Due Process Notice Analysis — Jones v. Flowers 99Exercise 3-5. Due Process Notice Policy 99

4. Statutory Limits on Notice 100Exercise 3-6. Statutory Analysis — Rule 4 Service Requirements 100Practice Pointer 100Exercise 3-7. Rule 4(e) — Service on Individuals 104

Kolker v. Hurwitz 104Exercise 3-8. Rule 4(e)(2)(B) Analysis 107Exercise 3-9. National Development Corp. v. Triad 107

Nat’l Develop. Corp. v. Triad Holding Corp. 107Exercise 3-10. Service by Publication 110Exercise 3-11. Serving a Corporation 111Exercise 3-12. Waiver of Service 111

5. Opportunity to Be Heard 112Connecticut v. Doehr 112

Opportunity to Be Heard — Notes and Exercises 120Exercise 3-13. Opportunity to Be Heard — Mackey v. Montrym 121Exercise 3-14. Opportunity to Be Heard — Cleveland Bd. of Educ. v. Loudermill 121

Exercise 3-15. Opportunity to Be Heard — City of Los Angeles v. David 122Exercise 3-16. Constitutionality of Wisconsin Prejudgment Attachment

Statutes 1226. Professional Development Reflection 123

Exercise 3-17. Service Professionalism 123

Chapter 4 · Subject Matter Jurisdiction 1251. Chapter Problem 1252. Introduction 1253. Statutory and Constitutional Bases for Federal Court Subject Matter

Jurisdiction 1274. Diversity Jurisdiction 128

Exercise 4-1. Understanding and Applying the Federal Diversity Statute 129Exercise 4-2. Mas v. Perry 130

Mas v. Perry 131Exercise 4-3. Mas v. Perry Revisited 133Exercise 4-4. Hertz Corp. v. Friend and the Problem of Corporations 134

Hertz Corp. v. Friend 134Exercise 4-5. Applying Hertz 139Exercise 4-6. Domicile of Other Business Entities 140Exercise 4-7. Harshey v. Advanced Bionics Corp. & Carroll v. Stryker Corp. 140

Harshey v. Advanced Bionics Corp. 141Carroll v. Stryker Corp. 143

Exercise 4-8. Harshey and Carroll Revisited 145Note on Minimal Diversity Jurisdiction Statutes 146

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Note on Exceptions to Diversity Jurisdiction 1465. Cases “Arising Under the Constitution, Laws, or Treaties of the

United States” 147Exercise 4-9. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley 148

Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley 148Exercise 4-10. Mottley Revisited 149Note on State Law Claims that Incorporate Federal Standards —

An Exercise in Reconciling Conflicting Cases 150Exercise 4-11. Reconciling Seemingly Conflicting Case Law 151Exercise 4-12. Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing and Its Progeny 152

Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing 153Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh 157Gunn v. Minton 160

Exercise 4-13. Synthesizing Grable, Empire, and Gunn 165Note on Other Situations That Implicate (or Do Not Implicate)

Arising under Jurisdiction 1666. Supplemental Jurisdiction 168

a. The History of Supplemental Jurisdiction 168b. Modern Supplemental Jurisdiction 169

Exercise 4-14. Applying 28 U.S.C. § 1367 170Exercise 4-15. Exxon Mobile Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. 171

Exxon Mobile Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. 1717. Removal 180

Exercise 4-16. Understanding the Removal Statutes 181Exercise 4-17. Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction Revisited:

Putting It All Together 1818. Professional Development Reflection 182

Chapter 5 · Venue and Forum Non Conveniens 1851. Chapter Problem 1852. Introduction 1863. State Venue 187

Exercise 5-1. Reasor-Hill Corp. v. Harrison 187Reasor-Hill Corp. v. Harrison 187

Exercise 5-2. Reasor-Hill Revisited 1914. Federal Venue Rules 192

Exercise 5-3. Reading and Applying the Federal Venue Statute 192Exercise 5-4. Bates v. C & S Adjustors, Inc. and Jenkins Brick Co. v. Bremer 193

Bates v. C & S Adjustors, Inc. 193Jenkins Brick Co. v. Bremer 195

Exercise 5-5. Bates v. C & S Adjustors, Inc. and Jenkins Brick Co. v. Bremer Revisited 198

Note on Pendent Venue 1985. Forum Non Conveniens 199

Exercise 5-6. Piper Aircraft v. Reyno 200Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno 200

Exercise 5-7. Piper Aircraft Revisited 2066. Transfer and Dismissal Based on Venue Issues 207

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Exercise 5-8. Applying the Transfer Statutes 208Exercise 5-9. Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas 209

Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Western District of Texas 209Exercise 5-10. Atlantic Marine Revisited 215Note on Transfer Due to Jurisdictional Defect 215Exercise 5-11. Transfers in the Interest of Justice for Want of Jurisdiction 215

Hays v. Postmaster General of the United States 216Nationwide Contractor Audit Service v. National Compliance Management Services, Inc. 217Exercise 5-12. Transfers in the Interest of Justice for Want of Jurisdiction

Revisited 218Note on Multidistrict Litigation Transfers 219Exercise 5-13. Multi-District Litigation Transfers 219Exercise 5-14. Chapter Problem Revisited: Putting It All Together and

Applying It 2197. Professional Development Reflection 220

Chapter 6 · What Law Governs? 2211. Chapter Problem 2212. Introduction 2213. Basic Choice of Law Concepts 2224. The Rules of Decision Act Problem 224

Exercise 6-1: Swift v. Tyson & Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins 224Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins 224

Exercise 6-2. Understanding the Erie Doctrine 229Exercise 6-3. Application 230Exercise 6-4. Application 230Note: Cases Applying Erie 230

5. The Rules Enabling Act Problem 233Exercise 6-5. Hanna v. Plumer 234

Hanna v. Plumer 234Note: Understanding Hanna and Its Progeny 241Exercise 6-6. Testing Your Understanding 243Exercise 6-7. Three Current Approaches — Shady Grove v. Allstate 246

Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Ins. Co. 247Exercise 6-8. Visualizing Vertical Choice of Law 261

6. Reconciling Vertical and Horizontal Choice of Law 261Exercise 6-9. What Law Applies if the “Law” Is Not Clear? 261

Craig v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. 262Exercise 6-10. What Law Applies if the “Law” Is Choice-of-Law Rules? 268

Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co. 268Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Western District of Texas 271Exercise 6-11. Choice of Law and Contracts 272Professional Development Reflection: Horizontal Choice of Law 273Exercise 6-12. Choice of Professionalism Law 273Exercise 6-13. Chapter Problem and Discussion 274

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Chapter 7 · Pleading 2751. Chapter Problem 2752. Introduction 2753. The Complaint 278

Exercise 7-1. Swierkiewicz v. Sorema 278Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A. 279Notice Pleading and Heightened Pleading 283

Exercise 7-2. Situating Swierkiewicz 284Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly 284

Exercise 7-3. Understanding Twombly 292Exercise 7-4. From Twombly to Iqbal 293Exercise 7-5. Understanding Iqbal 293

Ashcroft v. Iqbal 293Exercise 7-6. Understanding Rule 8(a) and Rule 12(b)(6) 303

Pleading Your Legal Theory 304Exercise 7-7. Applying “Twiqbal” 305Exercise 7-8. Critiquing the Twiqbal Decisions 305

4. The Answer, Defenses, and Affirmative Defenses 305Exercise 7-9. Improper Denials 309

Infiniti Group International, Inc. v. Elk Lighting, Inc., d/b/a Sterling Industries, Inc. 309Exercise 7-10. “Negative Pregnants” and Other Improper Denial Forms 310Exercise 7-11. Defenses 311

5. Amending and Supplementing Pleadings 312Exercise 7-12. Beeck v. Aquaslide 312

Beeck v. Aquaslide ‘n’ Dive Corp. 313Exercise 7-13. Beeck v. Aquaslide: An Appeal 316Exercise 7-14. Beeck’s Options 316

Worthington v. Wilson 317Exercise 7-15. Applying Rule 15 and Relation-Back 321

6. Truthfulness, Good Faith, and Professionalism in Pleading 323Ridder v. City of Springfield 325

Exercise 7-16. Rule 11 versus § 1927 334Exercise 7-17. Professionalism Exercise 335Exercise 7-18. Putting the Standards Together 335

Chapter 8 · Aggregating Claims and Parties 3371. Chapter Problem 3372. Introduction 340

Exercise 8-1. Interrogating the Purpose of Joinder 3423. Basic Claim Joinder 342

Exercise 8-2. Compulsory and Permissive Joinder of Claims 343Related Claims and Joinder 344Berrey v. Asarco Inc. 345

Exercise 8-3. “Same Transaction or Occurrence” 3494. Basic Party Joinder 349King v. Pepsi Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co. 351

Exercise 8-4. Misjoinder and Rule 21 352John S. Clark Co., Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Ill. 353

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Exercise 8-5. Using Rules 20 and 21 361Santana Products, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Formica Corp., Third-Party Defendant 362Exercise 8-6. Indemnity or Indemnity? 367Exercise 8-7. Contribution and Impleader 367Exercise 8-8. Review of Basic Joinder Practice 368

5. Complex Joinder 369a. Required Joinder of Parties 370Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peabody Western Coal Company; Navajo Nation 371Exercise 8-9. The Complexity of Required Joinder 383Exercise 8-10. Alternatives to Required Joinder 383

b. Interpleader 384Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Price 384

c. Intervention 388Arakaki v. Cayetano 389

Exercise 8-11. Framing a Motion to Intervene 3966. Class Actions 397

Exercise 8-12. Statutory Analysis — Rule 23 Certification Requirements 397Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes 398

Exercise 8-13. Applying Wal-Mart v. Dukes 411Exercise 8-14. Chapter Problem Revisited 411

7. Professionalism and Joinder 412Exercise 8-15. Fraudulent Joinder and Professionalism 412

Chapter 9 · Discovery 4151. Chapter Problem 4152. Introduction 4153. General Scope of Discovery and Its Limits 417

a. General Scope 417Exercise 9-1. Giacchetto v. Patchogue-Medford Union Free School Dist. 419

Giacchetto v. Patchogue-Medford Union Free School Dist. 419Exercise 9-2. Giacchetto v. Patchogue-Medford Union Free School Dist.

Revisited 423b. Proportionality and Limits on Discovery 424

Exercise 9-3. Reading Rules that Limit Discovery 424Exercise 9-4. Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 425

Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 425Exercise 9-5. Marrese Revisited 430

c. Special Limits on Discovery 431(1) Work Product Doctrine 431

Exercise 9-6. Hickman v. Taylor 431Hickman v. Taylor 431

Exercise 9-7. Hickman v. Taylor Revisited 438(2) Attorney-Client Privilege 439

Exercise 9-8. When Does the Attorney-Client Privilege Apply? 440Exercise 9-9. Who Is the Client for Purposes of the Privilege? Upjohn Co. v. United States 440

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Upjohn Co. v. United States 441Exercise 9-10. Upjohn Revisited 446

4. The Tools of Discovery 446a. Initial Disclosures 447

Exercise 9-11. Initial Disclosures 447b. Depositions 447

Exercise 9-12. Reading and Applying Rule 27 449Exercise 9-13. Reading Rule 30 449Exercise 9-14. Deposing Corporate Representatives 450

Patterson v. Avery Dennison Corporation 451Exercise 9-15. Patterson v. Avery Dennison Corporation Revisited 453Note on Objections During Depositions 453

c. Interrogatories to Parties 454Exercise 9-16. Rule 33 and Interrogatories 455

d. Requests for Documents, Tangible Things, and Entering Land 455Exercise 9-17. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC 455

Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC 456Exercise 9-18. Zubulake Revisited 462

e. Physical and Mental Examinations 462Exercise 9-19. Schlagenhauf v. Holder 462

Schlagenhauf v. Holder 463Exercise 9-20. Schlagenhauf v. Holder Revisited 467

f. Requests for Admission 468Exercise 9-21. Reading Rule 36 468

Note on Failure to Admit Something that the Requesting Party Later Proves 469

5. Motions to Compel, Sanctions, and the Duty to Supplement Responses 469a. Motions to Compel and Sanctions for Discovery Non-Compliance 469Insurance Corp. of Ireland, Ltd. v. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee 470

b. Duty to Supplement Discovery Responses 476Exercise 9-22. The Chapter Problem Revisited 476

6. Professional Development Question 476

Chapter 10 · Disposition Without Trial 4771. Chapter Problem 4772. Introduction 4773. Default and Default Judgment 478

Exercise 10-1. Reading Rule 55 479Stephenson v. El-Batrawi 480

Exercise 10-2. Reading Stephenson v. El-Batrawi 487Exercise 10-3. “Efficient” Default 487

4. Dismissal and Judgment on the Pleadings 488a. Motion Practice in General 488

Exercise 10-4. Responding to a Motion (or a Pleading) 489b. The Motion to Dismiss and the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings 489Wee Care Child Center, Inc. v. Lumpkin 490

Exercise 10-5. Motion to Dismiss vs. Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings 496

c. Waiver of Defenses under Rule 12 496

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Exercise 10-6. Applying Rule 12(g) & (h) 498Marrero-Gutierrez v. Molina 499

Exercise 10-7. Waiver, Exceptions, and Litigation Strategy 504d. Voluntary Dismissal 505

Exercise 10-8. Voluntary Dismissal 505Exercise 10-9. The Effects of Dismissal 506Exercise 10-10. Researching Dismissal Without Prejudice 507Exercise 10-11. Researching Failure to Prosecute 507

5. Summary Judgment 508Celotex Corp. v. Catrett 509Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. 513

Exercise 10-12. Codifying the Summary Judgment Trio and Other Decisions 520

Garner v. City of Ozark 524Sterk v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC 526

Exercise 10-13. Denying Additional Discovery 529Exercise 10-14. The Summary Judgment Burden Shift 529

6. Professionalism and Summary Adjudication 530Exercise 10-15. Default and Professionalism 530

Chapter 11 · Trial and Post-Trial 5331. Chapter Problem 5332. Overview 5343. Right to a Jury 535

Exercise 11-1. Jury Trial Policy and Strategy 536Exercise 11-2. Chauffeurs Local 391 v. Terry 537

Chauffeurs Local 391 v. Terry 537Exercise 11-3. Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover 545

Beacon Theaters, Inc. v. Westover 545Exercise 11-4. Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Health and Safety Review Comm’n 548

Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Health and Safety Review Comm’n 548Exercise 11-5. Tull v. United States 552

Tull v. United States 552Exercise 11-6. Right to a Jury Quiz 556

4. Jury Selection 556Exercise 11-7. J.E.B. v. Alabama 557

J.E.B. v. Alabama 5585. Jury Instructions 566

Exercise 11-8. Jury Instruction Policy 5706. Jury Verdicts 5707. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law 5728. Motions During and After Trial 573

a. Judgment as a Matter of Law 574Exercise 11-9. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. 574

Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. 575JMOL Notes and Questions 581Exercise 11-10. Lavender v. Kurn 583

b. New Trial 584

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Exercise 11-11. Dadurian v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London 585Dadurian v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London 586

New Trial Notes and Questions 591McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood 593

c. Relief from Judgment 595(1) Mistake, Inadvertence, Surprise, or Excusable Neglect 596(2) Newly Discovered Evidence 597(3) Fraud, Misrepresentation, or Misconduct by an Opposing Party 597(4) Judgment Is Void 598(5) Judgment Is Based on an Earlier Judgment That Has Been Reversed,

or Applying Judgment Prospectively Is No Longer Equitable 598(6) Any Other Reason That Justifies Relief 599

9. Professional Development Reflection 600Karen Dorn Steele, Lawyer says Japanese heritage affected verdict 600Karen Dorn Steele, Racial Remarks Prompt New Trial 601

Chapter 12 · Appeal 6031. Chapter Problem 6032. Introduction and Overview 6033. The Final Judgment Rule and Its Exceptions 605

Exercise 12-1. Final Judgment Rule Policy 605Exercise 12-2. Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter 605

Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter 606Notes on Collateral Order Doctrine 610

Exceptions to the Final Judgment Rule 611a. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) — Injunctions 611b. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) — Certified Interlocutory Orders 612In re City of Memphis 612

c. Rule 23(f) — Class Action Certification 613Exercise 12-3. Compare and Contrast Rule 23(f) and

28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) 614d. Rule 54(b) — Multiple-Claim, Multiple-Party Cases 614

Exercise 12-4. Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co. 614Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co. 614

e. 28 U.S.C. § 1651 — Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition 618Exercise 12-5. Kerr v. United States District Court 618

Kerr v. United States District Court 618Exercise 12-6. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Wetzel 620

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Wetzel 620Note on Appellate Jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court 623Exercise 12-7. Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court 623

4. Standards of Review and Harmless Error 624Exercise 12-8. Pierce v. Underwood 624

Pierce v. Underwood 624Note — Abuse of Discretion Applied to Rule 11 Sanctions Decisions 627Exercise 12-9. Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, N.C. 629

Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, N.C. 629Note on the de novo Standard of Review 635Exercise 12-10. Harmless Error 635

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Cochenour v. Cameron Savings & Loan, F.A. 6365. Professional Development Reflection 637

Exercise 12-11. Frivolous Appeals 637

Chapter 13 · Preclusion 6391. Chapter Problem 6392. Introduction 6393. Claim Preclusion 641

a. Valid Judgment 643b. Final Judgment 643c. On the Merits 643d. Same Claim 644

Practice Pointer 645Exercise 13-1. Lisboa v. City of Cleveland Heights 645

Lisboa v. City of Cleveland Heights 646Exercise 13-2. Lisboa v. City of Cleveland Heights Revisited 648

e. Same Parties 649Note on “Virtual Representation” 650Note on Potential Exceptions to Claim Preclusion 651Exercise 13-3. Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie 651

Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie 652Exercise 13-4. Applying the Basic Concepts of Claim Preclusion 655

4. Issue Preclusion 656a. A Valid Final Judgment 657b. Same Issue Was Actually Litigated 658

Practice Pointer 659Exercise 13-5. O’Neal v. Remington Arms 659

O’Neal v. Remington Arms Company, LLC 659Exercise 13-6. Was the Same Issue Actually Litigated? 662

c. Necessary to the Court’s Judgment 663Exercise 13-7. National Satellite Sports, Inc. v. Eliadis, Inc. 663

National Satellite Sports, Inc. v. Elliadis, Inc. 663d. Same Parties 668

Exercise 13-8. Parklane Hosiery Co., Inc. v. Shore 670Parklane Hosiery Co., Inc. v. Shore 670

Exercise 13-9. Parklane Hosiery Co., Inc. v. Shore and Applying the Elements of Issue Preclusion 675

Exercise 13-10. Solving the Chapter Problem 6765. Professional Development Reflection 677

Chapter 14 · Alternatives to Litigation 6791. Chapter Problem 6792. Introduction 6803. Settlement and Offers of Judgment 681UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners LLC 682

Exercise 14-1. Rule 68 Offers and Safeguards 6854. Mediation and Other Non-Adjudicatory Procedures 685

Exercise 14-2. Reading Rule 16 for ADR Provisions 687Exercise 14-3. Local Rules Relating to Mediation and Settlement 688

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Disputes Over Mediation 689Turner v. Young 689

Exercise 14-4. Turner v. Young 6925. Arbitration 693Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson 694

Exercise 14-5. The “Substantive Federal Law of Arbitration” 699AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion 700

Exercise 14-6. Negotiating an Arbitration Clause 707Oxford Health Plans L.L.C. v. Sutter 708

Exercise 14-7. Reviewing the Agreement and Defensive Drafting 713Exercise 14-8. Unintended Consequences 713Exercise 14-9. Contracting for Arbitration’s Effect 713

6. Professionalism and Alternative Dispute Resolution 714Exercise 14-10. Mediation and Professionalism 714Exercise 14-11. Ethical Offers of Judgment 714

Chapter 15 · Integration and Review 7171. Client Interview — Plaintiffs 717

Exercise 15-1. Dispute Resolution Mechanisms 721Exercise 15-2. Diversity Jurisdiction 721

2. Legal Research — Substantive Law 722Exercise 15-3. Subject Matter Jurisdiction 723Exercise 15-4. Personal Jurisdiction — Basis 723Exercise 15-5. Venue 724Exercise 15-6. Personal Jurisdiction—Service 724

3. Complaint 7254. Responses to Complaint 727

Exercise 15-7. Default 727Exercise 15-8. Motion to Dismiss 727Exercise 15-9. Waiver of Defenses 727Exercise 15-10. Voluntary Dismissal 727

5. Amended Complaint 727Exercise 15-11. Amended Pleadings 727Exercise 15-12. Rule 11 730Exercise 15-13. Joinder of Claims and Parties 730

6. Fran Bell’s Notes of Initial Interviews with Defendants 7317. Answer and Reply 732

Exercise 15-14. Joinder by Defendant 7348. Right to a Jury 735

Exercise 15-15. Right to a Jury 7359. Discovery 736

Exercise 15-16. Initial Disclosures 736Exercise 15-17. Requests for Production of Documents 737Exercise 15-18. Experts 740

10. Motion for Summary Judgment 741Exercise 15-19. Motion for Summary Judgment 741

11. Trial 74212. Jury Verdict 74313. Post-Judgment Motions and Appeal 744

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Exercise 15-20. Motions for a New Trial and for Judgment as a Matter of Law 744

Exercise 15-21. Appeal 744Exercise 15-22. What Law Governs? 744

14. Preclusion 745Exercise 15-23. Preclusion 745

15. Professionalism 746Exercise 15-24. Agreeing to Represent Clients; Settlement 746

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Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, N.C.,629

Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 513Arakaki v. Cayetano, 389Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 293AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 700Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v.

U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Western Districtof Texas, 271, 209

Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Healthand Safety Review Comm’n, 548

Bates v. C & S Adjustors, Inc., 193Beacon Theaters, Inc. v. Westover, 545Beeck v. Aquaslide ‘n’ Dive Corp., 313Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 284Berrey v. Asarco Inc., 345Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz,

50Carroll v. Stryker Corp., 143Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 509Chauffeurs Local 391 v. Terry, 537Cochenour v. Cameron Savings & Loan,

F.A., 636Connecticut v. Doehr, 112Craig v. FedEx Ground Package System,

Inc., 262Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric

Co., 614Dadurian v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s of

London, 586Daimler AG v. Bauman, 68Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v.

McVeigh, 157Equal Employment Opportunity Com-

mission v. Peabody Western CoalCompany; Navajo Nation, 371

Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 224

Exxon Mobile Corp. v. Allapattah Serv-ices, Inc., 171

Federated Department Stores, Inc. v.Moitie, 652

Garner v. City of Ozark, 524Giacchetto v. Patchogue-Medford Union

Free School Dist., 419Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v.

Darue Engineering & Manufacturing,153

Greene v. Lindsey, 93Gunn v. Minton, 160Hanna v. Plumer, 234Harshey v. Advanced Bionics Corp., 141Hays v. Postmaster General of the United

States, 216Hertz Corp. v. Friend, 134Hickman v. Taylor, 431In re City of Memphis, 612Infiniti Group International, Inc. v. Elk

Lighting, Inc., d/b/a Sterling Indus-tries, Inc., 309

Insurance Corp. of Ireland, Ltd. v. Com-pagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, 470

International Shoe Co. v. Washington,34

J. McIntyre Mach., Ltd. v. Nicastro, 60J.E.B. v. Alabama, 558Jenkins Brick Co. v. Bremer, 195John S. Clark Co., Inc. v. Travelers In-

demnity Co. of Ill., 353Kerr v. United States District Court, 618King v. Pepsi Cola Metropolitan Bottling

Co., 351Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co.,

268Kolker v. Hurwitz, 104

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Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Wetzel,620

Lisboa v. City of Cleveland Heights, 646Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley,

148Marrero-Gutierrez v. Molina, 499Marrese v. American Academy of Or-

thopaedic Surgeons, 425Mas v. Perry, 131McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v.

Greenwood, 593Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Price, 384Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter,

606Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank &

Trust Co., 89Nat’l Develop. Corp. v. Triad Holding

Corp., 107National Satellite Sports, Inc. v. Elliadis,

Inc., 663Nationwide Contractor Audit Service v.

National Compliance ManagementServices, Inc., 217

O’Neal v. Remington Arms Company,LLC, 659

Oxford Health Plans L.L.C. v. Sutter, 708Parklane Hosiery Co., Inc. v. Shore, 670Patterson v. Avery Dennison Corpora-

tion, 451Pebble Beach Co. v. Caddy, 78Pennoyer v. Neff, 25

Pierce v. Underwood, 624Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 200Reasor-Hill Corp. v. Harrison, 187Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products,

Inc., 575Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson,

694Ridder v. City of Springfield, 325Santana Products, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Bo-

brick Washroom Equipment, Inc.,Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs,v. Formica Corp., Third-Party Defen-dant, 362

Schlagenhauf v. Holder, 463Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v.

Allstate Ins. Co., 247Shaffer v. Heitner, 40Stephenson v. El-Batrawi, 480Sterk v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC,

526Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A., 279Tull v. United States, 552Turner v. Young, 689UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital

Partners LLC, 682Upjohn Co. v. United States, 441Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 398Wee Care Child Center, Inc. v. Lumpkin,

490Worthington v. Wilson, 317Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, 456

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Series Editor’s Preface

Welcome to a new type of casebook. Designed by leading experts in law school teachingand learning, Context and Practice casebooks assist law professors and their students towork together to learn, minimize stress, and prepare for the rigors and joys of practicinglaw. Student learning and preparation for law practice are the guiding ethics of thesebooks.

Why would we depart from the tried and true? Why have we abandoned the legaleducation model by which we were trained? Because legal education can and must im-prove.

In Spring 2007, the Carnegie Foundation published Educating Lawyers: Preparationfor the Practice of Law and the Clinical Legal Education Association published Best Practicesfor Legal Education. Both works reflect in-depth efforts to assess the effectiveness of modernlegal education, and both conclude that legal education, as presently practiced, falls quiteshort of what it can and should be. Both works criticize law professors’ rigid adherenceto a single teaching technique, the inadequacies of law school assessment mechanisms,and the dearth of law school instruction aimed at teaching law practice skills and inculcatingprofessional values. Finally, the authors of both books express concern that legal educationmay be harming law students. Recent studies show that law students, in comparison toall other graduate students, have the highest levels of depression, anxiety and substanceabuse.

The problems with traditional law school instruction begin with the textbooks lawteachers use. Law professors cannot implement Educating Lawyers and Best Practices usingtexts designed for the traditional model of legal education. Moreover, even though ourunderstanding of how people learn has grown exponentially in the past 100 years, no lawschool text to date even purports to have been designed with educational research inmind.

The Context and Practice Series is an effort to offer a genuine alternative. Groundedin learning theory and instructional design and written with Educating Lawyers and BestPractices in mind, Context and Practice casebooks make it easy for law professors tochange.

I welcome reactions, criticisms, and suggestions; my e-mail address is mhschwartz@ualr.edu. Knowing the author(s) of these books, I know they, too, would appreciate yourinput; we share a common commitment to student learning. In fact, students, if yourprofessor cares enough about your learning to have adopted this book, I bet s/he wouldwelcome your input, too!

Michael Hunter Schwartz, Series Designer and EditorConsultant, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning

Dean and Professor of Law, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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