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Civil Practice And Procedure, John R. Walk
Civil Practice And Procedure, John R. Walk
University of Richmond Law Review
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Rule 11 And Rule Revision, Carl W. Tobias, Margaret L. Sanner
Rule 11 And Rule Revision, Carl W. Tobias, Margaret L. Sanner
Law Faculty Publications
Numerous observers of modem civil practice, whose views range across a comparatively broad spectrum, consider the 1983 amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 the most controversial revision since the United States Supreme Court promulgated the original Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938.1 Counsel and litigants overused and abused the 1983 modification to Rule 11 by inappropriately stressing the compensatory goal of the proviso and improperly deemphasizing the stricture's deterrence objective. Many judges vigorously enforced Rule 11, often finding violations and imposing burdensome sanctions which frequently included large attorney's fees. This activity of lawyers and parties, as well …
The Story Of Shaffer: Allocating Jurisdictional Authority Among The States, Wendy Collins Perdue
The Story Of Shaffer: Allocating Jurisdictional Authority Among The States, Wendy Collins Perdue
Law Faculty Publications
Shaffer v. Heitner is one of a long series of Supreme Court cases addressing the scope of state-court territorial authority. Indeed, Shaffer is the first of a dozen modern cases that delineated the Court's current conception of the constitutional limits on state-court jurisdictional authority.
Determining whether a court has jurisdiction to hear a dispute is an important preliminary step in any litigation. But the constitutional doctrine the Court has developed in this area is also an interesting window on the Court's more general understanding of the allocation of power among the states.
Aliens, The Internet, And "Purposeful Availment": A Reassessment Of Fifth Amendment Limits On Personal Jurisdiction, Wendy Collins Perdue
Aliens, The Internet, And "Purposeful Availment": A Reassessment Of Fifth Amendment Limits On Personal Jurisdiction, Wendy Collins Perdue
Law Faculty Publications
The international community has been struggling with questions of who should regulate the Internet and how, but little consensus has emerged. For the United States, consideration of the pros and cons of the alternative jurisdictional approaches to e-commerce and cyberspace is complicated by an overlay of constitutional law. While the rest of the world considers the policy implications of a country of origin versus a country of destination approach, the United States is wrestling with what constitutes "purposeful availment" under the Due Process Clause.
The Supreme Court has never squarely considered what limits the Fifth Amendment imposes on assertions of …
More Proposals To Simplify Modern Federal Procedure, Carl W. Tobias
More Proposals To Simplify Modern Federal Procedure, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Response to Edward H. Cooper, Simplified Rules of Federal Procedure1, 100 Mich. L. Rev. 1794 (2002)