Civil Procedure Final Flashcards

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1
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Traditional Bases of personal jurisdiction

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Consent, Waiver, Domicile, Presence

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Rule 4(k)(1)(a)

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allows a federal court to have personal jurisdiction if the state it sits in could exercise personal jurisdiction

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McGee MultiFactor Test

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D’s burden, P’s interest, forum states interest

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Calder Effects Test

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defendant intentionally aimed tort at forum and knew with substantial certainty that harm would be felt in the forum

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Stream of Commerce (Brennan)

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putting product in the stream of commerce with knowledge that it would eventually end up in the forum is sufficient for minimum contacts

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Stream of Commerce +

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needs more purposeful availment (ads, services, directed products)

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Reasonableness Factors (WWVW)

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  1. P’s interest
  2. D’s burden
  3. Forum State’s interest
  4. Shared states interest
  5. judicial efficiency
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General Jurisdiction

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defendant can be sued in that forum for a claim that arose anywhere in the world

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General Jurisdiction how to find?

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PPB/INC

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Rule 4(a)

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  1. Parties
  2. Directed at the defendant
  3. Address/name of plaintiffs attorney
  4. Time defendant must appear
  5. Notice of default judgment
  6. Clerk’s signature
  7. Court’s seal
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4(c)

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  1. Summons and complaint
  2. Served by someone 18+ and not a party
  3. U.S. Marshal
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4(d)

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  1. Send request
  2. Courts info
  3. Date request was sent
  4. Sent reliably
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13
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When must a defendant answer after waiving service?

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60 days in the US; 90 days outside the US

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When serving waiver, what must be included

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Only the complaint and 2 copies of the waiver request form

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4(e)

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  1. Served individually
  2. Left at usual place of abode with someone who resides there of sound mind and discretion
  3. Served on authorized agent of process
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4(m)

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plaintiff has 90 days to serve defendant after filing

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17
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Diversity Jurisdiction constitutional requirement

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minimum diversity

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18
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Diversity jurisdiction statutory requirements

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Complete diversity and greater than $75,000

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19
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How to find domicile (diversity)?

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Residence + intent to stay

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20
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Citizenship of corporations

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INC and PPB

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21
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Residence of unincorporated entities

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citizenship of each partner

22
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Can you aggregate? 1 plaintiff and 1 defendant

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yes any claims may be aggregated to reach AIC

23
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Can you aggregate? 1 plaintiff and multiple defendants

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If the claim is joint, otherwise no

24
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Can you aggregate? Multiple plaintiffs and either 1 or multiple defendants

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No. Each plaintiff must reach AIC alone

25
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Federal Ingredient Test

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Federal question is raised anywhere in the pleadings

26
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Well-pleaded complaint

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Federal question was raised in the complaint

27
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Grable Rule

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  1. Necessarily raised, 2. actually disputed, 3. Substantial, 4. Without disturbing congressional balance of fed and state
28
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Supplemental jurisdiction

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Allows for claims which could not normally be heard in federal court because lack of independent basis to tag along to claims with independent basis

29
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1367(a)

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grants. Fed Q+ CNOOF= supplement
Diversity + CNOOF= go to 1367(b)

30
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1367(b)

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If by plaintiff against party joined under Rule 14, 19, 20, or 24= NO SUPP.

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1367(c)

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Discretionary factors for the court to decline supplemental. 1. novel or complex issue of state law 2. state law predominates 3. original jx claim has been dismissed 4. other exceptional reasons (Gibbs factors ; fairness, comity, ecomony)

32
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Removal

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when a defendant seeks to remove a case from state court to federal court

33
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Requirements for removal

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  1. Only defendant can remove (all defendant’s must consent)
  2. Original basis for federal jurisdiction
  3. Defendant has 30 days to remove
34
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Diversity and Removal

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  1. If defendant is citizen of state where case was brought, defendant cannot remove
  2. Case cannot be removed more than 1 year after commencement
35
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1391(b)

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  1. where defendants live, if all defendants reside in the same state
  2. Where a substantial amount of events or omissions occurred
  3. Fallback- where defendants are subject to PJx
36
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1391(c)(1)- individuals + permanent residents (aliens)

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domicile (live + intent to stay)

37
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1391(c)(2) corporations

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subject to personal jurisdiction

38
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1391(c)(3)- alien

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may be sued in any judicial district

39
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§1404

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In the interest of justice and efficiency, the court may transfer a case to any district where is may have been brought

40
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What venue does 1404 apply to?

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Correct venue

41
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Interest factors for 1404

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  1. access to witnesses
  2. access to forum
  3. docket congestion
  4. speed of trial
  5. Relationship of the community with the dispute
  6. Court’s familiarity with governing law
  7. plaintiff’s choice
  8. Whether original forum is where plaintiff resides
  9. existence of presuit venue agreement
42
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Forum non conveniens

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Doctrine which allows a court to dismiss the case without prejudice to allow plaintiff to bring it in the foreign forum which is more appropriate

43
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Private interest factors

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  1. Convenience of parties and witnesses
  2. Compulsory witness attendance
    3.sources of proof
    4.defendants choice
  3. plaintiff’s choice
44
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Public interest factors

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  1. transferees’s familiarity
  2. docket congestion
  3. local interest
45
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§ 1406

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the court may dismiss, or. in the interest of justice, transfer the case to a court where it could have been brought

46
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What venue does 1406 apply to?

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Wrong venue.

47
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York Outcome determinative test

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If outcome would change by applying federal law, court should apply state law

48
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Byrd Multibalancing test

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weighs state and federal interest

49
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Hanna Analysis

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direct conflict with state law, no limiting federal language, and constitutional

50
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Hanna modified outcome determinative test

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Would applying federal rule lead to forum shopping or inequitable distribution of law? if yes, apply state law