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Full-Text Articles in Law
Utilizing Statistics And Bellwether Trials In Mass Torts: What Do The Constitution And Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure Permit?, R. Joseph Barton
Utilizing Statistics And Bellwether Trials In Mass Torts: What Do The Constitution And Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure Permit?, R. Joseph Barton
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Traditional judicial mechanisms that preserve litigants' rights to due process and a jury trial challenge courts to provide litigants their day in court in an efficient and timely manner. This challenge is made exponentially harder where the litigation concerns tortious conduct affecting a large number of persons and giving rise to latent injury. In response to the recent increase in mass tort filings, courts have sought an alternative means of adjudication-the extrapolation of a statistically average, representative plaintiff to other plaintiffs. This Note examines the problems associated with mass tort actions and how two circuit courts of appeals have implemented …
Trial Practice And Procedure, C. Frederick Overby, Jason Crawford, Teresa T. Abell, Matthew E. Cook
Trial Practice And Procedure, C. Frederick Overby, Jason Crawford, Teresa T. Abell, Matthew E. Cook
Mercer Law Review
This survey period yielded several notable decisions covering the professional malpractice affidavit/pleading requirement, renewal actions, attorney-client relations, and the summary judgment standard. Refinements in the areas of insurance practice, jury qualifications, releases, default judgment, and privileges lend important guidance to practitioners, judges, and scholars in the area of trial practice and procedure. The most significant legislative development of trial practice and procedure addressed the longstanding "vanishing venue" doctrine.
Confidentiality, Privilege And Rule 408: The Protection Of Mediation Proceedings In Federal Court, Charles W. Ehrhardt
Confidentiality, Privilege And Rule 408: The Protection Of Mediation Proceedings In Federal Court, Charles W. Ehrhardt
Scholarly Publications
No abstract provided.
Judgment Proofing, Bankruptcy Policy, And The Dark Side Of Tort Liability, Charles W. Mooney Jr.
Judgment Proofing, Bankruptcy Policy, And The Dark Side Of Tort Liability, Charles W. Mooney Jr.
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Jury And Scientific Evidence, Richard O. Lempert
The Jury And Scientific Evidence, Richard O. Lempert
Articles
Read court decisions and commentaries from 100, or evenfive years ago, and you will find that experts and scientific evidence were causing problems then just as they are causing problems now. I do not think that Daubert, Kumho Tire, or any change in a rule of evidence will keep expert scientific testimony from being a difficult area for the legal system. Yet we must still ask: "What are the best terms on which to deal with scientific experts, and how can weimprove the system?"
Engaging With The State About Domestic Violence: Continuing Dilemmas And Gender Equality, Elizabeth M. Schneider
Engaging With The State About Domestic Violence: Continuing Dilemmas And Gender Equality, Elizabeth M. Schneider
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The New Rules Of Federal Appellate Procedure: Changes In Style And Substance, Warren W. Harris
The New Rules Of Federal Appellate Procedure: Changes In Style And Substance, Warren W. Harris
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
This article discusses the substantive changes to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.
Forgotten Equity: The Enforcement Of Forum Clauses, Graydon S. Staring
Forgotten Equity: The Enforcement Of Forum Clauses, Graydon S. Staring
Graydon S. Staring
When courts differ widely and sharply on which of three or four procedural courses shouold be taken to enforce a contractual right of unquestioned validity, and every such course openly strains orthodox procedural doctrine, we may suslpect they are all wrong. We can confirm that they are wrong when we recognize the right in question is not a procedural incident at all but the right to a substantive performance, bargained for by the parties, that has about it an illusory appearance of procedure and, because of its substance, does not fit comfortably within merely procedural doctrine. Such is the right …
Juries, Hindsight, And Punitive Damage Awards: Failures Of A Social Science Case For Change, Richard O. Lempert
Juries, Hindsight, And Punitive Damage Awards: Failures Of A Social Science Case For Change, Richard O. Lempert
Articles
In their recent Arizona Law Review article entitled What Juries Can't Do Well: The Jury's Performance As a Risk Manager,' Professors Reid Hastie and W. Kip Viscusi purport to show that juries are likely to do a poor job in setting punitive damages, largely because jurors cannot avoid the influence of what is called "hindsight bias," or the tendency to see the likelihood of an event higher in retrospect than it would have appeared before it happened. In particular, they argue that hindsight bias and other cognitive biases undermine the utility of jury-set punitive damage awards as risk management devices. …
Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure 23(F): Interlocutory Appeals Of Class Action Certification Decisions, Kenneth S. Gould
Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure 23(F): Interlocutory Appeals Of Class Action Certification Decisions, Kenneth S. Gould
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
This article discusses the significance of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f). The article's review of Rule 23(f) includes the importance of class certification decisions and appellate review of certifications, historical imitations on appellate review of certifications, rationale for allowing appeal of interlocutory certification, operation of rule 23(f), the first application of the rule, and prospects of Rule 23(f) achieving its goals.
City Of Chicago V. International College Of Surgeons: The Interplay Between Supplemental Jurisdiction And Cross-System Appeals, And The Impact On Federalism, Jacob Edward Daly
City Of Chicago V. International College Of Surgeons: The Interplay Between Supplemental Jurisdiction And Cross-System Appeals, And The Impact On Federalism, Jacob Edward Daly
Mercer Law Review
In City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons, the United States Supreme Court reversed a well-established rule in holding that federal district courts may exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims for deferential review of local administrative agency decisions.
A Second Look At Amended Rule 11 , Theodore C. Hirt
A Second Look At Amended Rule 11 , Theodore C. Hirt
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Shopping For Judges: An Empirical Analysis Of Venue Choice In Large Chapter 11 Reorganizations, Theodore Eisenberg, Lynn M. Lopucki
Shopping For Judges: An Empirical Analysis Of Venue Choice In Large Chapter 11 Reorganizations, Theodore Eisenberg, Lynn M. Lopucki
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
For almost two decades, an embarrassing pattern of forum shopping has been developing in the highly visible world of big-case bankruptcy reorganization. Forum shopping--defined here as the act of filing in a court that does not serve the geographical area of the debtor's corporate headquarters--now occurs in more than half of all big-case bankruptcies. Two jurisdictions have attracted most of the forum shoppers. During the 1980s, when a large portion of the shopping was to New York, the lawyers involved asserted that New York was a natural venue because of its role as the country's financial capital and because so …
The Erie Doctrine Revisited: How A Conflicts Perspective Can Aid The Analysis, Joseph P. Bauer
The Erie Doctrine Revisited: How A Conflicts Perspective Can Aid The Analysis, Joseph P. Bauer
Journal Articles
I have taught Civil Procedure for the past twenty-five years. Having returned to teaching Conflict of Laws last year, after not having taught that course since the mid-1980s, I was interested in re-examining the Erie doctrine from the vantage point of both of these subject areas. My goal was to see whether a combination of learning from these two related disciplines would introduce additional coherence into the analysis of this topic.
In one sense, the Erie doctrine and traditional choice of law determinations present analogous questions, since they both involve making a selection between competing legal rules. Choice of law …
Arbitration And Reform In Private Securities Litigation: Dealing With The Meritorious As Well As The Frivolous, Steven A. Ramirez
Arbitration And Reform In Private Securities Litigation: Dealing With The Meritorious As Well As The Frivolous, Steven A. Ramirez
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Revised Rule 55 Revisited, John T. Holleman Iv
Revised Rule 55 Revisited, John T. Holleman Iv
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
Akron Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
Robert L Tucker
No abstract provided.
A Nice Place To Visit But I Wouldn't Want To Litigate There: The Effects Of Cybersell V. Cybersell On The Law Of Personal Jurisdiction, W. David Falcon Jr.
A Nice Place To Visit But I Wouldn't Want To Litigate There: The Effects Of Cybersell V. Cybersell On The Law Of Personal Jurisdiction, W. David Falcon Jr.
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
In a world divided by barriers of language and culture, the Internet is the nexus that connects the most rural outposts of technology to the global business centers. The Internet's most popular user interface, the World Wide Web, is an interwoven network of computers through which news and information can traverse international barriers in a matter of seconds. Using an Internet Service Provider ("ISP") and a personal computer, the average user can access the World Wide Web and enter the largest repository of public information on the planet. The boundaries are virtually limitless, and the general absence of content restrictions …
Foxes Guarding The Chicken Coop: Intervention As Of Right And The Defense Of Civil Rights Remedies, Alan Jenkins
Foxes Guarding The Chicken Coop: Intervention As Of Right And The Defense Of Civil Rights Remedies, Alan Jenkins
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
This article focuses on the recent spate of cases in which educational institutions on the grounds that their race-conscious admissions policies are unconstitutional. The author analyzes the role of minority students and organizations who are the beneficiaries of those polices at the defendant institutions and their recent attempts to intervene in the lawsuits pursuant to Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. First, the author argues that under the traditional interpretation of Rule 24(a); intervention of right should be granted to minority students and organizations in the great majority of instances. Second, the author looks at the reasons …
The Antiquated "Slight Evidence Rule" In Federal Conspiracy Cases, Brent E. Newton
The Antiquated "Slight Evidence Rule" In Federal Conspiracy Cases, Brent E. Newton
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
This article addresses the risk of wrongful convictions in federal conspiracy cases. The article points out how conspiracy cases rely heavily on circumstantial evidence and the slight evidence rule. The risk of over assigning liability to parties with minor involvement is also discussed.
Local Procedural Review In The Eighth Circuit, Carl Tobias
Local Procedural Review In The Eighth Circuit, Carl Tobias
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
This article addresses a little known role of the United States Courts of Appeals to review district court procedures. The discussion begins with this role assigned by the Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act of 1988 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 83. The article then analyzes how the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit discharges this role.
The Arizona Jury Reform Permitting Civil Jury Trial Discussions: The View Of Trial Participants, Judges, And Jurors, Valerie P. Hans, Paula Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman
The Arizona Jury Reform Permitting Civil Jury Trial Discussions: The View Of Trial Participants, Judges, And Jurors, Valerie P. Hans, Paula Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In 1995, the Arizona Supreme Court reformed the jury trial process by allowing civil jurors to discuss the evidence presented during trial prior to their formal deliberations. This Article examines the theoretical, legal, and policy issues raised by this reform and presents the early results of a field experiment that tested the impact of trial discussions. Jurors, judges, attorneys, and litigants in civil jury trials in Arizona were questioned regarding their observations, experiences, and reactions during trial as well as what they perceived to be the benefits and drawback of juror discussions. The data revealed that the majority of judges …
Deposed Parties: Who Has A Right To Access Depositions In Civil Cases?, Robert L. Tucker
Deposed Parties: Who Has A Right To Access Depositions In Civil Cases?, Robert L. Tucker
Akron Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Hindsight Bias And Tort Liability: Avoiding Premature Conclusions, Philip G. Peters Jr.
Hindsight Bias And Tort Liability: Avoiding Premature Conclusions, Philip G. Peters Jr.
Faculty Publications
Cognitive psychologists know that judgments made in hindsight are distorted by two cognitive heuristics-hindsight bias and outcome bias. Hindsight bias makes bad outcomes seem more predictable in hindsight than they were ex ante. Outcome bias induces us to assume that people who cause accidents have been careless. Because of these biases, individuals who know that a bad outcome has occurred tend to evaluate prior conduct more harshly than they would if they were unaware of the actual outcome. In negligence actions, defendants are supposed to be judged by the reasonableness of their conduct, not by its outcome. Jurors are asked …
Robert Leflar, Judicial Process, And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman
Robert Leflar, Judicial Process, And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Fin-De-Siecle Federal Civil Procedure, Carl W. Tobias
Fin-De-Siecle Federal Civil Procedure, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Professor Laurens Walker's The End of the New Deal and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 82 Iowa L. Rev.1269 (1997) (New Deal's End), is a thought-provoking evaluation of the relationship between the New Deal's conclusion and modem civil process. Professor Walker canvasses a series of recent, puzzling changes which "present the most serious challenge to the procedural status quo since the adoption of the original Federal Rules in 1938." The author finds that the New Deal's demise and the rejection of that regime's reliance on experts, policies of centralized federal decisionmaking, and establishment of the national government …
Discovery Reform Redux, Carl W. Tobias
Discovery Reform Redux, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
The recent resolve of the Advisory Committee on the Civil Rules to revisit reform of the discovery rules, which the Supreme Court revised as recently as 1993, is replete with ironies. In August, 1998, that Committee, which has primary responsibility for studying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and developing suggestions for their improvement, published proposals that would significantly revise the substantial 1993 revisions of the discovery rules. Ironies suffuse many specific aspects of the rule revision process and of the proposals to revise the 1993 revisions less than five years after their implementation. I emphasize the proposal to revise …
Deposed Parties: Who Has A Right To Access Depositions In Civil Cases?, Robert L. Tucker
Deposed Parties: Who Has A Right To Access Depositions In Civil Cases?, Robert L. Tucker
Robert L Tucker
No abstract provided.
Representative Litigation In Maryland: The Past, Present, And Future Of The Class Action Rule In State Court , Ian Gallacher
Representative Litigation In Maryland: The Past, Present, And Future Of The Class Action Rule In State Court , Ian Gallacher
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.