CIVIL PROCEDURE Flashcards
Subject Matter JX
1) Diversity
2) Fed Q
Diversity JX
a) all plaintiffs diverse from all defendants (reside in different states)
b) excess of 75 k (legal certainty)
When will a ct always have personal jurisdiction
1) if its where defendant resides
2) if defendant is somewhere and is served
3) consent to be sued there
Other personal jx grounds
Minimum contacts
Who can remove case to fed ct
Defendant
When can defendant remove case to fed court
when it could’ve been filed in fed ct in the first place
Venue
1) Where defendant resides
2) where substantial part of events took place
–3) where defendant is reachable
What is discoverable
Anything as long as it is relevant, proportionate to needs of the case, and not privileged