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What each claim rests on

Civil Procedure and Conflict Resolution · Prof. Coyne & Prof. Dimitriadis · MSLAW · Fall 2026

Method suite · sources

Casebook: Hazard, Fletcher, Bundy & Bradt, Pleading and Procedure (12th ed.). The syllabus skips Pennoyer and Harris v. Balk and begins at International Shoe, p. 58. Outline draft due 10.5.26; midterm 10.7.26.

The course text. Hazard, Fletcher, Bundy & Bradt, Pleading and Procedure (12th ed.). This suite was built from Prof. Coyne’s one-page Civil Procedure Overview and the Federal Rules, not from the casebook, so its coverage and the casebook’s do not line up exactly. Where they differ, the casebook and the syllabus govern — the case atlas maps every assigned case to the class that reads it.

The bracketed codes throughout the suite resolve here. They are sources for the legal propositions and teaching choices, not for the invented facts of the five problems.

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Verification boundary: sources were consulted for the propositions taught here as of the research date. This document does not resolve every circuit split, specialized statutory exception, local rule, or subsequently effective amendment. The supplied hypothetical rules are deliberately identified so that users do not mistake them for actual state law.
S1Nievelstein et al., The worked example and expertise reversal effect in less structured tasks: Learning to reason about legal cases (2013), institutional abstract. Abstract reviewed; full study not reviewed here.
S2Institute of Education Sciences, Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning. Research synthesis informing the learning sequence.
S3Georgetown Law Writing Center, Tips for Writing a Law School Exam. Exam organization and application guidance.
R0U.S. Courts, current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure page and official compiled rules.
R4Rule 4: summons and service.
R8Rule 8: general pleading rules.
R12Rule 12: defenses, motions, consolidation, and waiver.
R13Rule 13: counterclaims and crossclaims.
R14Rule 14: third-party practice.
R15Rule 15: amendment and supplementation.
R16Rule 16: scheduling and management.
R19Rule 19: required parties.
R20Rule 20: permissive party joinder.
R26Rule 26: discovery scope and duties.
R37Rule 37: discovery enforcement and lost ESI.
R38Rule 38: jury demand.
R50Rule 50: judgment as a matter of law.
R54Rule 54: judgments.
R56Rule 56: summary judgment.
R59Rule 59: new trial and altering judgment.
R60Rule 60: relief from judgment.
R65Rule 65: injunctions and restraining orders.
J128 U.S.C. § 1331: federal question.
J228 U.S.C. § 1332: diversity.
J328 U.S.C. § 1367: supplemental jurisdiction.
J428 U.S.C. § 1391: venue.
J528 U.S.C. § 1404: transfer.
J628 U.S.C. § 1406: defective venue.
J728 U.S.C. § 1441: removal.
J828 U.S.C. § 1446: removal procedure.
J928 U.S.C. § 1447: remand.
J1028 U.S.C. § 1291: final decisions.
J1128 U.S.C. § 1292: interlocutory review.
J1228 U.S.C. § 1738: state judgments.
A4Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4: appeal timing.
C1International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945) — Defendant–forum contacts and fairness
C2Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, 592 U.S. 351 (2021) — Relatedness is not always strict causation
C3Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) — Factual pleading beyond labels
C4Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009) — Conclusions, factual allegations, and plausibility
C5Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986) — Summary judgment and an absence of proof
C6Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986) — Materiality, genuine disputes, and trial burdens
C7Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley, 211 U.S. 149 (1908) — Federal defense versus federal-question jurisdiction
C8Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306 (1950) — Notice judged by method and circumstances
C9Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) — Identifying the source of substantive law
C10Hanna v. Plumer, 380 U.S. 460 (1965) — Applicable Federal Rules and the Erie analysis
C11Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 531 U.S. 497 (2001) — Source of preclusion law and limits of labels
C12Taylor v. Sturgell, 553 U.S. 880 (2008) — Limits on binding nonparties
C13Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore, 439 U.S. 322 (1979) — Nonmutual issue preclusion and fairness