Legal Process § C (Fall 2009)
Professor Rhonda Wasserman
PowerPoint Slides
| Class 1 (8/24/09): (Introduction; Themes; Background Reading on Spheres of Law-making Authority: State Courts | Class 2 (8/25/09): Spheres of Law-making Authority: Federal Courts, the Executive; Administrative Agencies; Checks and Balances; Intro. to Statutory Interpretation | Class 3 (8/31/09): Statutory Interpretation; McDonald v. Sante Fe Trail Transp. Co. (1976) | Class 4 (9/1/09): Complicating Circumstances; Chevron USA v. NRDC (1984) | Class 5 (9/8/09): Chevron USA v. NRDC (1984); Interplay Between Statutory and Common Law Analysis; City of Milwaukee v. Illinois (1981) | Class 6 (9/14/09): City of Milwaukee v. Illinois (1981); the Adversary System |
| Class 7 (9/15/09): Truth on Trial (video); the Adversary System | Class 8 (9/21/09): Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) | Class 9 (9/22/09): Intro. to Personal Jurisdiction; Pennoyer v. Neff (1877) | Class 10 (9/29/09): Pennoyer v. Neff (1877); Harris v. Balk (1905) | Class 11 (10/2/09): Struggling with Pennoyer; Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington (1945); Plotting cases | Class 12 (10/5/09): Themes and hypotheticals; Putting Shaffer in Context; Shaffer v. Heitner (1977) |
| Class 13 (10/6/09): Shaffer v. Heitner (1977); Intro. to Long-arm Statutes; Gray v. Am. Radiator (Ill. 1961) | Class 14 (10/12/09): Gray v. Am. Radiator (Ill. 1961); Personal Jurisdiction in Federal Courts: Rule 4(k); Mwani v. bin Laden (D.C. Cir. 2005) | Class 15 (10/13/09): Mwani v. bin Laden (D.C. Cir. 2005); Rule 4(f) & 4(k)(2); Procedures for Challenging Jurisdiction; Rule 12(b), 12(g) & 12(h)(1); World-Wide Volkswagen v. Woodson (1980) | Class 16 (10/19/09): World-Wide Volkswagen v. Woodson (1980) | Class 17 (10/20/09): World-Wide Volkswagen v. Woodson (1980); Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz (1985) | Class 18 (10/26/09): Burger King hypotheticals; Asahi Metal Co. v. Superior Ct. (1987) |
| Class 19 (10/27/09): Asahi Metal Co. v. Superior Ct. (1987); Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia v. Hall (1984) | Class 20 (11/2/09): Pavlovich v. Superior Ct. (Cal. 2002); Burnham v. Superior Ct. (1990) | Class 21 (11/3/09): Burnham v. Superior Ct. (1990); Service of Process; Notice; Mullane v. Central Hanover Trust Co. (1950) | Class 22 (11/9/09): Intro. to Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Intro. to Diversity Jd; Domicile; Mas v. Perry (1974) | Class 23 (11/10/09): Significance of Jean's failure to recover $10,000; Jurisdictional Amount Req.; Aggregation Rules; Intro. to Federal Question Jd; Louisville & Nashville R.R. v. Mottley (1908) | Class 24 (11/16/09): Grable & Sons Metal Prods., Inc. v. Darue Eng'g & Mfg. (2005); Removal Jurisdiction: §§ 1441 & 1446 |
| Class 25 (11/17/09): Removal Jurisdiction: §§ 1446 & 1447; Intro. to the Erie Doctrine; Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins (1938) | Class 26 (11/23/09): Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins (1938); Guaranty Trust Co. v. York (1945); Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Elec. Coop., Inc. (1958) | Class 27 | Class 28 | Optional Review Session 1 (9/9/09) |
Optional Review Session 2 (10/9/09) |
| Optional Review Session 3 (10/30/09) | Optional Review Session 4 (11/20/09) |