ABOUT CIVIL PROCEDURE II
In the first term, we studied the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) and examined the structure of a civil lawsuit. This term, we’ll deepen those studies. We’ll start with remedies, trials, the jury right, and post-judgment motions. Then we’ll turn to intensive study of important concepts we’ll recognize from the first term, including personal jurisdiction, venue, and subject matter jurisdiction. We’ll also study supplemental jurisdiction (which “supplements” original jurisdiction), and removal jurisdiction (which permits cases to be “plucked” out of state court). We’ll then turn to the famous “Erie doctrine,” which, broadly speaking, concerns the choice of law in federal diversity cases. We’ll close by studying preclusion doctrine and appeals.