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    This document outlines the class schedule and topics for a Civil Procedure course over 14 weeks. The course covers fundamental topics like personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, pleading and discovery rules, joinder, summary judgment, trials, appeals, preclusion, Erie doctrine, and class actions. Key concepts are broken down into subtopics and assigned to specific class periods, with associated reading from the course textbook. The schedule provides a comprehensive weekly guide to the content and progression of the Civil Procedure course material.

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    This document outlines the class schedule and topics for a Civil Procedure course over 14 weeks. The course covers fundamental topics like personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, pleading and discovery rules, joinder, summary judgment, trials, appeals, preclusion, Erie doctrine, and class actions. Key concepts are broken down into subtopics and assigned to specific class periods, with associated reading from the course textbook. The schedule provides a comprehensive weekly guide to the content and progression of the Civil Procedure course material.

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    This document outlines the class schedule and topics for a Civil Procedure course over 14 weeks. The course covers fundamental topics like personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, pleading and discovery rules, joinder, summary judgment, trials, appeals, preclusion, Erie doctrine, and class actions. Key concepts are broken down into subtopics and assigned to specific class periods, with associated reading from the course textbook. The schedule provides a comprehensive weekly guide to the content and progression of the Civil Procedure course material.

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    Wednesday, August 26th


    Thursday, August 27th
    Monday, August 31st
    Wednesday, September 2nd
    Thursday, September 3rd
    Wednesday, September 9th

    Personal Jurisdiction
    Text: 743 - 905
    A. Historical foundations
    B. The modern framework
    1. specific jurisdiction
    2. general jurisdiction
    C. Traditional concepts revisited
    D. Litigating jurisdiction

    Thursday, September 10th


    Monday, September 14th

    Wednesday, September 16th

    Thursday, September 17th


    Monday, September 21th
    Wednesday, September 23rd
    Thursday, September 24th

    Personal Jurisdiction
    Conclusion

    Notice
    Text 905 910
    A. Constitutional
    standards
    B. Service
    requirements (Rule
    4)

    Venue Forum non Conveniens


    Text: 905 - 930
    Subject Matter Jurisdiction
    Text: 931 983
    A. Diversity (28 USC 1332)
    B. Federal question (28 USC 1331)
    C. Supplemental jurisdiction (28 USC 1367)

    Monday, September 28th


    Wednesday, September 30th
    Thursday, October 1st
    Monday, October 5th

    Joinder
    Text: 238 - 242, 265 -306 and selected handouts

    A. Joinder of claims and joinder of parties (Rules 18


    and 20)
    B. Counter claims and cross claims (Rule 13)
    C. Impleader (Rule 14)
    D. Compulsory joinder (Rule 19)

    Wednesday, October 7th


    Thursday, October 8th
    Monday, October 12th
    Wednesday, October 14th

    Pleading and Discovery


    Text: 136-149, 190-218, 381-429

    A. Pleading: the basic concept (Rule 8)


    B. Pleading: new developments
    C. Discovery (Rules 26-37)

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    Monday, October 19th

    Wednesday, October 21th

    Thursday, October 22nd


    Monday, October 26th

    Summary Judgment and Rule 56


    Text: 475-501

    Summary Judgment
    and Rule 56
    conclusion

    Juries, Judgment as a
    Matter of Law, and
    Rule
    Text: 575 610, 640 721

    Juries, Judgment as a Matter of Law, and


    Rule 50
    Continued

    Wednesday, October 28th


    Thursday, October 29th

    Appeals
    Text: 1111 1151

    Monday, November 2nd


    Wednesday, November 4th
    Thursday. November 5th

    Preclusion
    Text: 1199 1243, 1252 1309 and selected
    handouts

    Monday, November 9th


    Wednesday, November 11th
    Thursday, November 12th
    Monday, November 16th
    Wednesday, November 17th

    The Erie Doctrine


    Text: 1013 1068 and selected handouts

    Thursday, November 19th


    Monday, November 23rd
    Wednesday, November 24th

    Class Actions
    Text: 329 339

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