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Articles 1 - 30 of 71
Full-Text Articles in Civil Procedure
From Verdict To Judgment: The Evolution, Confusion And Reformation Of Cplr Articles 50-A And 50-B, Stephanie L. Argentine
From Verdict To Judgment: The Evolution, Confusion And Reformation Of Cplr Articles 50-A And 50-B, Stephanie L. Argentine
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Morguard Investments Ltd.: Emerging International Implications, Simon Coakeley, Peter Finkle, Louise Barrington
Morguard Investments Ltd.: Emerging International Implications, Simon Coakeley, Peter Finkle, Louise Barrington
Dalhousie Law Journal
Events often gain a momentum of their own, sometimes well beyond that anticipated by those who set them in motion; this is as true in the field of law as it is in other areas of human endeavour. MorguardInvestments Ltd. v. De Savoye' is a legal event which seems to be taking on a rapidly building momentum. Basing themselves on this decision, Canadian courts, especially those in British Columbia, are recognizing and enforcing judgments from other courts in civil matters, even when these judgments bear few, if any, of the hallmarks that traditionally entitled a foreign judgment to be recognized …
Change Of Position And Estoppel As Defences To An 'Action For Money Paid By Mistake, Karl J. Dore
Change Of Position And Estoppel As Defences To An 'Action For Money Paid By Mistake, Karl J. Dore
Dalhousie Law Journal
The recent decision in RBC Dominion Securities Inc.v. Dawson' raises some interesting questions regarding the defences available to a claim in restitution for the recovery of money paid by mistake. At issue were the, defences of change of position and estoppel. Both defences are recognized in Canadian law, but questions remain regarding their limits and their relationship.
The Transformation Of Trans-Substantivity, Carl Tobias
The Transformation Of Trans-Substantivity, Carl Tobias
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Punitive Damages: A Primer For Utah, Crookston V. Fire Insurance Exchange, David F. Burrett
Punitive Damages: A Primer For Utah, Crookston V. Fire Insurance Exchange, David F. Burrett
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
No abstract provided.
Trial By Jury Or Judge: Transcending Empiricism, Kevin M. Clermont, Theodore Eisenberg
Trial By Jury Or Judge: Transcending Empiricism, Kevin M. Clermont, Theodore Eisenberg
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Pity the civil jury, seen by some as the sickest organ of a sick system. Yet the jury has always been controversial. One might suppose that, with so much at stake for so long, we would all know a lot about the ways juries differ from judges in their behavior. In fact, we know remarkably little. This Article provides the first large-scale comparison of plaintiff win rates and recoveries in civil cases tried before juries and judges. In two of the most controversial areas of modern tort law--product liability and medical malpractice--the win rates substantially differ from other cases' win …
Appellate Practice And Procedure, Kathryn L. Allen, William M. Droze
Appellate Practice And Procedure, Kathryn L. Allen, William M. Droze
Mercer Law Review
This survey Article tracks the 1991 developments in appellate practice and procedure for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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Trial Practice And Procedure, Benton J. Mathis Jr., Leigh C. Lawson
Trial Practice And Procedure, Benton J. Mathis Jr., Leigh C. Lawson
Mercer Law Review
This Article surveys the 1991 decisions of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals that made a significant impact upon the area of trial practice and procedure. One of the most important developments in this area of law occurred in the case Wright v. Preferred Research, Inc. In Wright the Eleventh Circuit examined closely Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58 and, in a case of first impression, held that when a district court amends a judgment, Rule 58 did not require that a separate document, setting out the terms of the remitted judgment, be entered before the time for the appeal …
Federal Judgments Law: Sources Of Authority And Sources Of Rules, Stephen B. Burbank
Federal Judgments Law: Sources Of Authority And Sources Of Rules, Stephen B. Burbank
All Faculty Scholarship
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Jury Instructions On Joint And Several Liability In Washington State, Julie K. Weaver
Jury Instructions On Joint And Several Liability In Washington State, Julie K. Weaver
Washington Law Review
Neither the Washington Legislature nor the Washington Supreme Court has addressed the issue of instructing a jury on Washington's doctrine of modified joint and several liability and its effects. Historically, most states prevented courts from instructing juries on the effects of their answers to special verdicts. Washington, however, has no history of keeping a jury uninformed of the effects of its answers. This Comment concludes that Washington courts should continue the practice of informing juries of the effects of their answers and instruct juries on joint and several liability and its effects.
Inside The Quiet Revolution In Products Liability, Theodore Eisenberg, James A. Henderson Jr.
Inside The Quiet Revolution In Products Liability, Theodore Eisenberg, James A. Henderson Jr.
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
"A bullet in the head of products liability reform." Thus did a lobbyist orally characterize our article in this law review, The Quiet Revolution in Products Liability, describing declining plaintiff success in products liability cases in the 1980s. From the coverage and criticism the Quiet Revolution received around the country and around the world, the trends we discovered struck many as surprising enough to be newsworthy and others as sufficiently threatening to warrant a special response. Products liability's sustained presence on state and federal legislative agendas warrants continuing and expanding the study begun in the Quiet Revolution.
This …
Equity Renewed: Preliminary Injunctions To Secure Potential Money Judgments, Rhonda Wasserman
Equity Renewed: Preliminary Injunctions To Secure Potential Money Judgments, Rhonda Wasserman
Washington Law Review
Whenever a plaintiff sues a defendant for money damages, she runs the risk that the defendant will attempt to render herself unable to satisfy the expected money judgment by hiding or dissipating assets. Although most states have statutes that authorize prejudgment attachment of the defendant's assets to prevent this result, the attachment statutes are poorly designed to reduce the plaintiff's risk. The attachment statutes are both under- and over-inclusive: they do not authorize the attachment of property located outside the state, thereby failing to prevent the dissipation of all of the defendant's property, yet they grant the plaintiff a lien …
Section 1367: Another Party Heard From, Joan E. Steinman
Section 1367: Another Party Heard From, Joan E. Steinman
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Case Comments: Civil And Criminal Procedure And Sentencing
Case Comments: Civil And Criminal Procedure And Sentencing
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Congressional Subpeona: Power, Limitations And Witness Protection, Christopher F. Corr, Gregory J. Spak
The Congressional Subpeona: Power, Limitations And Witness Protection, Christopher F. Corr, Gregory J. Spak
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
No abstract provided.
Reconsidering Rule 11, Carl Tobias
Reconsidering Rule 11, Carl Tobias
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reconceptualizing Sovereign Immunity, Harold J. Krent
Reconceptualizing Sovereign Immunity, Harold J. Krent
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
On Bringing The Justice Mission Conference Back Home, Marjorie A. Silver
On Bringing The Justice Mission Conference Back Home, Marjorie A. Silver
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Rule Revision Roundelay, Carl W. Tobias
Rule Revision Roundelay, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
A critique of the proposed revision of F.R.C.P. Rule 11.
Civil Justice Reform And The Balkanization Of Federal Civil Procedure, Carl W. Tobias
Civil Justice Reform And The Balkanization Of Federal Civil Procedure, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
The recent civil war ripping apart Yugoslavia is a trenchant reminder of the horrors of balkanization. Without trivializing the Yugoslavian experience, the term balkanization usefully applies to developments in American federal civil procedure that now threaten the continued viability of a uniform, simple system of procedure. Thirty-four federal courts' nascent implementation of the Civil Justice Reform Act (CJRA) of 1990 will exacerbate these developments; indeed, if the remaining sixty districts that must issue civil justice expense and delay reduction plans by December 1993 fail to halt this trend, the Act will further fragment procedure. This article cautions those responsible for …
Reconsidering Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias
Reconsidering Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
The Advisory Committee on the Civil Rules recently proposed that the Supreme Court and Congress amend Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. 1 The Rule, as revised in 1983, has been the most controversial amendment in the half-century history of the Federal Rules. Judges have inconsistently applied the 1983 revision, and it has engendered much expensive satellite litigation. Considerable evidence suggests that Rule 11 activity has chilled civil rights plaintiffs and attorneys. These difficulties led the Advisory Committee to initiate a study of the Rule in August of 1990, to solicit written public comments on its operation which were due …
Codification Of Supplemental Jurisdiction: Anatomy Of A Legislative Proposal, Arthur D. Wolf
Codification Of Supplemental Jurisdiction: Anatomy Of A Legislative Proposal, Arthur D. Wolf
Faculty Scholarship
The historic nature of congressional action in codifying supplemental jurisdiction in section 1367 calls for a close examination of the legislative process and product. Section I of this Article presents a brief survey of the development of supplemental jurisdiction. Section II examines the history of the legislative process that produced section 1367. Section III contains a preliminary review of judicial decisions under the new supplemental jurisdiction statute. The Article concludes with some editorial remarks regarding the statute and the process by which it became public law.
Ex Post Facto In The Civil Context: Unbridled Punishment, Jane Harris Aiken
Ex Post Facto In The Civil Context: Unbridled Punishment, Jane Harris Aiken
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Civil Rights Plaintiffs And The Proposed Revision Of Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias
Civil Rights Plaintiffs And The Proposed Revision Of Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
The 1983 amendment of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 has been the most controversial revision of the Federal Rules in their fifty-five-year history, and Rule l l's implementation has been most controversial in civil rights cases. Rule ll's application has disadvantaged civil rights plaintiffs more than any other category of civil litigant. Courts have found civil rights plaintiffs in violation of Rule 11 at a higher rate than other types of plaintiffs and have imposed substantial sanctions on them. Civil rights plaintiffs have been required to participate in expensive, unnecessary satellite litigation involving this provision. Indeed, a new study …
Civil Rights Procedural Problems, Carl W. Tobias
Civil Rights Procedural Problems, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1991 primarily to modify numerous Supreme Court opinions of the 1988 Term that jeopardized the rights of minorities and women. Particularly striking about those Supreme Court cases was the number which involved procedural questions and process values. These included the timing of litigation, both when employment discrimination victims must commence actions and when non-parties can reopen civil rights cases resolved through consent decrees; litigant responsibility for the expense of lawsuits; and proof requirements.
Most of the procedural developments in civil rights and employment discrimination litigation of the 1988 Term, however, were only recent …
Environmental Litigation And Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias
Environmental Litigation And Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
The 1983 amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 has been the most controversial revision in the half-century history of the Federal Rules. Judges have applied amended Rule 11, which requires them to sanction lawyers and parties who do not conduct reasonable inquiries before filing papers, in over 1000 reported opinions, considerably more unreported determinations, and numerous informal contexts. The Rule has engendered much unnecessary satellite litigation and has been implemente4 inconsistently, while attorneys' fees remain the "sanction of choice" for violations. Rule 11 activity has especially disadvantaged civil rights plaintiffs and lawyers, whose lack of resources can make …
Should Montana Adopt A Civil Justice Reform Act?, Carl W. Tobias
Should Montana Adopt A Civil Justice Reform Act?, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Civil justice reform in the federal government has become highly controversial. Each branch of the federal government apparently is vying to outdo the others in the field of civil justice reform. Congress passed the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA) to reduce expense and delay in federal civil litigation, and the federal judiciary has been implementing that statute since late 1990. In December, 1991, the Montana Federal District Court became one of thirty-four federal districts which issued civil justice expense and delay reduction plans to qualify for designation as Early Implementation District Courts (EIDC) under the CJRA.
During October, …
Amending The Other Party Joinder Amendments, Carl W. Tobias
Amending The Other Party Joinder Amendments, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Comparatively little controversy attended the semi-annual meeting of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee which was held in late November, 1991. During that meeting, however, the Committee preliminarily considered the prospect of amending Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, which governs class actions.
The Advisory Committee is now contemplating possible revision of Rule 23 governing class actions. If that effort proceeds, the Committee should seriously consider reexamining Rules 19 and 24(a)(2), the other two party joinder provisions that were simultaneously changed and integrated with Rule 23 more than a quarter-century ago. This would enable the Committee to propose an integrated package …
Civil Justice Reform Roadmap, Carl W. Tobias
Civil Justice Reform Roadmap, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
All three branches of the federal government have instituted initiatives aimed at reducing expense and delay in civil litigation. On October 23, 1991, President Bush issued an Executive Order that imposes a number of requirements on government lawyers who participate in civil litigation. During February 1992, the Administration sponsored introduction of the Access to Justice Act, its legislative proposal for civil justice reform. The bill did not pass, because it included certain provisions that apparently proved unacceptable to many members of the House and Senate.
Regardless of how the controversy over civil justice reform is ultimately resolved, the reform effort …
Examining Didonato'S Damage Limitations And Mandatory Joinder Requirements - Greer V. Parsons, John M. Mccabe
Examining Didonato'S Damage Limitations And Mandatory Joinder Requirements - Greer V. Parsons, John M. Mccabe
Campbell Law Review
This Note will outline the evolution of wrongful death actions, with particular attention being given to the inclusion of unborn children under the providing statutes. It also traces North Carolina's legislative and judicial treatment of wrongful death actions. Next, the Note will discuss the inconsistencies created by ruling that pecuniary loss and loss of society and companionship cannot be recovered as a matter of law in a wrongful death action brought on behalf of viable fetus. It will argue that instead ,of limiting recovery as a matter of law, such damages should be addressed on a case-by-case basis and the …