Civil Procedure (§ C)
Prof. Rhonda Wasserman
For Monday, January 7, 2008, please read the following:
pages 121-26, 131-34 and 185-86 (note 10 only) of Marcus, Redish & Sherman, Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (4th ed. 2005);
pages 1-9 of the Wasserman Supplement;
the Rules Enabling Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2071-74;
Rules 1, 2, 3, 7, 8(a), 8(e) & 10 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and
pages 569-87 of Joseph W. Glannon, Civil Procedure: Explanations and Examples (5th ed. 2006).
You may choose to read the optional selection entitled, "An Introduction to the Pretrial Litigation Process," on pages 559-68 of Glannon.
Don’t worry: not all assignments will be this lengthy!