Resources for civil procedure students.
Fall 2019 Syllabus Civ Pro Syll Rizzardi Aug Fall 2019 updated 082219
Selected Slides
Selected Slides Part I Fall 2019
Selected Slides Part II Fall 2019
Selected Slides Part III Fall 2019
Click below for schedule (updated periodically)
10/24 Moliterno Chapter 5 (pp.223-255)
Oct 24: Chapter 5, MTD (pp.223-255)
Oct 29: Chapter 6, Case Management (pp.277-294, 309-315)
Nov 1: Ch. 7 part 1, Discovery 1 (pp.317-354)
Weekend Nov. 2-3, 2019: Watch movie: A Civil Action before Nov. 5 class.
Nov 5: Ch. 7, Discovery, (pp.387-406)
NOTE: On Nov. 5, class will run 1 hour longer for an exercise. Our last class, on Nov. 21, will end after one hour, followed by an optional “drop your lowest” quiz.
Nov 7: Ch. 8, MSJ (pp. 421-440) and Quiz #3 (Discovery)
Nov. 12: Ch. 9, Jury
Nov. 14: Ch. 10, Preclusion
Nov. 19: Remedies & Appeals (TBA from Crump et. al.)
Nov. 21: Crump et. al., Appendix, and Quiz #4
Federal Resources
- U.S. Constitution
- United States Code (Title 28, Judiciary)
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Nat’l Courts Rules Committee)
- Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (Nat’l Courts Rules Committee)
- 28 USC §1292 (interlocutory decisions)
- 28 USC §1331 (federal question jurisdiction)
- 28 USC §1332 (Diversity Statute)
- 28 USC §1338 (Patent jurisdiction)
- 28 USC §1367 (Supplemental jurisdiction)
- 28 USC §1391 (Venue)
- 28 USC §1404 (Change of venue)
- 28 USC §1406 (Cure or waiver of defects)
- 28 USC §1441 (Removal)
- 28 USC §1446 (Procedure for removal)
- 28 USC §1927 (Counsel’s liability)
- Walden v. Fiore, 571 U. S. ____ (2014)
Florida Resources
- Florida Rules of Court Procedure (comprehensive webpage of all court rules)
- Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
- Section 48.193, Fla. Stat. (Long arm jurisdiction)
- Section 685.102, Fla. Stat. (Contracts & jurisdiction)
Insights from the St. Thomas University team
- Ira Nathanson, video guru
- Patricia Moore, Congressional witness @czarina57
- Journal of Complex Litigation
Civil Procedure Insights from St. Elsewhere
- A Guide to Statutory Interpretation from Georgetown Law
- Civil Procedure and Federal Courts Blog
- Patrick Murphy, A Federal Practitioner’s Guide to Supplemental Jurisdiction
Civil Procedure Video Links
- Removal crash course for Utah legislators from GoodNeighborLegal.com
- Pennoyer v. Neff in Brooklynese
