Overview

Question 1

Choosing a Court

Answer 1

Subject Matter Jurisdiction = Power of a Federal Court to adjudicate a case

Personal Jurisdiction

Question 2

Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Answer 2

Power of a Federal Court to adjudicate a case

Question 3

Diversity Jurisdiction

Question 4

Complete Diversity

Question 5

Change of Citizenship

Question 6

Corporate Citizenship

Question 7

Jurisdictional Amount (diversity jurisdiction)

Question 8

Federal Question Jurisdiction

Question 9

Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule

Question 10

Creation Test

Question 11

Important federal question

Question 12

Grable exception

Question 13

Supplemental Jurisdiction

Question 14

Circumventing diversity

Question 15

Jurisdictional amount (supplemental jurisdiction)

Question 16

Removal jurisdiction

Question 17

Federal Question removal

Question 18

Diversity jurisdiction removal

Question 19

Personal Jurisdiction

Question 20

Specific jurisdiction

Question 21

Purposeful Contacts

Question 22

relatedness, reasonableness factors

Question 23

General jurisdiction

Question 24

Continuous & systematic contacts

Question 25

In Rem jurisdiction

Question 26

Transient jurisdiction

Question 27

Due Process requirement of notice

Question 28

Venue

Question 29

Erie Doctrine

Question 30

Twin aims of Erie

Question 31

Forum Shopping

Question 32

Inequitable administration of the laws

Question 33

Byrd balancing

Question 34

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure conflicting with state law

Question 35

Indisputable conflict

Question 36

Validity of federal rule

Question 37

Pleadings, Motions, and Discovery

Question 38

Complaint

Question 39

Plausible claim for relief

Question 40

Factual allegations

Question 41

Response

Question 42

Pre answer motion 12b

Question 43

Waiver 12g and h

Question 44

Answer

Question 45

Amendments

Question 46

Claims and Parties

Question 47

Permissive Joinder

Question 48

Counter-claims

Question 49

Cross-claims

Question 50

Impleader

Question 51

other Rule 14 claims

Question 52

Supplemental jurisdiction (28 USC 1367)

Question 53

Work Product

Question 54

Documents and tangible things

Question 55

By party or agent of party

Question 56

in anticipation of litigation

Question 57

substantial need and inability to acquire an equivalent

Question 58

Discovery devices

Question 59

E-Discovery

Question 60

Methods of discovery

Question 61

Summary Judgements

Question 62

No genuine issue of material fact

Question 63

Judgement as a matter of law

Question 64

Right to Jury Trial

Question 65

Preclusion Rules

Question 66

Claim preclusion

Question 67

same claim

Question 68

privity

Question 69

issue preclusion

Question 70

non-mutual issue preclusion