As the not-so-lazy days of summer fast approach, a number of important announcements as our semester winds down:
Remaining assignments.
Tentative assignments for the remainder of the year are now online so that you may start planning your study and review schedule.
Problem sets and study materials.
I have posted a large number of additional study materials. More might be added in the weeks to come. Some of them will be part of upcoming assignments. Others are included for your studies. In addition to the Erie materials that were posted recently, additional materials recently added include:
Voluntary dismissal & summary judgment: main page
- Study questions on Voluntary dismissal and “Two Shot Rule”
- Differences between dispositive motions: R12(b)(6), 12(c), 56, 50(a), 50(b)
- Summary judgment practice essay
Trial and post-trial motions: main page
- Materials, Timing, and Purpose: Differences Between Dispositive Motions
- JMOL and Motion For New Trial: Rule 50 And 59 Problems
- JMOL and Motion For New Trial: Rule 50 And 59 Explanations (password until covered)
Claim & Issue Preclusion (res judicata & collateral estoppel): main page
Claim preclusion (a/k/a/ res judicata)
- Claim preclusion problem set: questions
- Claim preclusion problem set: explanations (password until materials covered)
Issue preclusion (a/k/a collateral estoppel)
- When is an issue “essential to the judgment”?
- Issue preclusion problem set: questions
- Issue preclusion problem set: explanations (password until materials covered)
Non-mutual issue preclusion (a/k/a/ non-mutual collateral estoppel)
- Non-mutual issue preclusion estoppel scenarios
- Non-mutual issue preclusion problem set: questions
- Non-mutual issue preclusion problem set: explanations (password until materials covered)
Appeals: main page
