Civil Procedure Core

Question 1

Failure to State a Claim

Answer 1

Jigglypuff Holding a blank protest sign, singing off-key in court

Question 2

Improper Service

Answer 2

Haunter Phasing through a wall to deliver papers to a potted plant

Question 3

Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Answer 3

Alakazam Floating above a courtroom with no floor, judges panicking below

Question 4

Improper Venue

Answer 4

Muk Oozing over a courthouse sign, distorting the address

Question 5

Default Judgment

Answer 5

Snorlax Stamped “DEFAULT,” being wheeled out on a dolly

Question 6

Waiver of Service

Answer 6

Farfetch’d Swatting away a scroll with its leek

Question 7

Consent Jurisdiction

Answer 7

Machoke Shaking hands over a glowing contract

Question 8

Minimum Contacts

Answer 8

Diglett Popping up across a U.S. map, leaving muddy footprints

Question 9

Presence Jurisdiction

Answer 9

Hitmonlee Kicking down a courtroom door

Question 10

Domicile

Answer 10

Slowbro Lounging in a bathrobe, reading mail by a mailbox

Question 11

Service by Mail

Answer 11

Pidgeotto Carrying a certified envelope

Question 12

Personal Service

Answer 12

Charizard Carrying plaintiff on its back, flying into courtroom

Question 13

Substituted Service

Answer 13

Nurse Joy Receiving scroll on behalf of someone who lives there

Question 14

Long Arm Statute

Answer 14

Hypno Reaching across state lines with a hypnotic pendulum

Question 15

Fair Play & Substantial Justice

Answer 15

Machoke Holding a scale with a burger on one side, legal burdens on the other

Question 16

Specific Jurisdiction

Answer 16

Beedrill Flying into a dartboard map, hitting bullseye labeled “Claim”

Question 17

General Jurisdiction

Answer 17

Snorlax (in suit) Blocking a door labeled “HQ” while asleep in courtroom

Question 18

Erie Doctrine

Answer 18

Porygon Transforming between state and federal court forms

Question 19

12(b) Motions

Answer 19

Rapidash Pacing wildly as lawyers throw labeled objections into the fire

Question 20

Discovery Scope

Answer 20

Kadabra Using spoon to levitate evidence boxes across a courtroom

Question 21

Sanctions

Answer 21

Gengar Casting a hex on a lawyer destroying documents

Question 22

Summary Judgment

Answer 22

Electabuzz Firing a thunderbolt at scales of justice, causing one side to vanish

Question 23

Claim Preclusion (Res Judicata)

Answer 23

Hitmonchan Punching a case out of court with “Already Decided” stamp

Question 24

Issue Preclusion (Collateral Estoppel)

Answer 24

Hitmonlee Kicking a spinning gavel out of a lawyer’s hands

Question 25

Interpleader

Answer 25

Chansey Holding a single egg while several trainers fight over it

Question 26

Impleader

Answer 26

Cloyster Firing a Wartortle backwards into court from its shell

Question 27

Joinder – Permissive

Answer 27

Magneton Multiple magnets walking into court side-by-side

Question 28

Joinder – Compulsory

Answer 28

Gengar Pulling invisible parties into court with ghost chains

Question 29

Removal Jurisdiction

Answer 29

Kadabra Teleporting a case from state court to federal court

Question 30

Remand

Answer 30

Slowpoke Slowly dragging a file box back into the state court

Question 31

Appeal Jurisdiction

Answer 31

Butterfree Floating upward with a judgment scroll from a trial courtroom