Outlines & Visual Aids

Introduction

• Introduction Outline

• Civil Action Flowchart

• Federal Courts Map

Personal Jurisdiction

• Personal Jurisdiction Outline

• Personal Jurisdiction Flowchart

• Volkswagen diagram

• Asahi Metal diagram

• Helicopteros diagram

• Greedy Heir problem

• Personal Jurisdiction Problems

Subject Matter Jurisdiction

• Subject Matter Jurisdiction Outline

• Subject Matter Jurisdiction Problems

• Supplemental Jurisdiction Flowchart

• § 1367(b) Illustration

Choice of Law

• Choice of Law Outline

• Hanna-Erie Decision Tree

• Horizonatal Choice of Law Diagram

• Choice of Law Problems

Pleadings

• Pleadings Outline

• FRCP Appendix of Forms

• Twombly v. Bell Atlantic complaint

• Rule 15(a): Amendments

• Rule 15(c)(1)(C): Relation Back

• Pleadings Problem

Joinder

• Joinder Outline

• Rule 13: Counterclaims

• Rule 14: Third-Party Claims

• Lehman-Revolution diagram

• Rainbow Atlantis diagram

• Joinder & Subject Matter Jurisdiction

• Joinder Problem

Summary Judgment

• Summary Judgment Outline

• Summary Judgment Problem

Preclusion

• Preclusion Outline

• Preclusion Problems

Practice Exam Questions

• Practice Exam Question 1

• Practice Exam Question 2

• Practice Exam Question 3

• Practice Exam Question 4