Civil Procedure

Goodman v. Praxair, Inc; Under Federal Rule of Procedure 15(c), an amendment that changes the party against whom a claim is asserted relates back to the date of the original pleading under certain limited conditions such as related companies.

Owen Equipment and Erection Company v. Kroger; plaintiff in diversity case cannot rely on ancillary jurisdiction to permit amendment to complaint to bring claim against non-diverse third-party defendant; complete diversity; diversity jurisdiction.

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion; Federal Arbitration Act will preempt state laws on the unconscionability of contracts if those laws single out arbitration and make private agreements to arbitrate unenforceable.

Coble v. City of White House; Police audiotapes are not as conclusive as videotapes; corroborating evidence.

Discrimination complaints,.state a prima facie case, evidentiary standard for trial, not a rule of pleading.

Podhorn v. Paragon Group, Inc; A defendant's claims against a plaintiff must be asserted as a counterclaim if arise out of the transaction or occurrence and do not require the presence of third parties over whom the court lacks jurisdiction.

Quinby v. WestLB AG; A court may shift the cost of restoring and searching for relevant information in an electronic form when the party who converts the data into an inaccessible format should have reasonably anticipated a need to produce that data.

Brown v. Plata; expand interpretation; judicial system takes an active role in the state prison system.

Moss v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc; The burden of proving that a challenged discovery request is relevant is on the party who makes the request, while proving that the request is unduly burdensome rests with the party making the objection.

Teague v. Target Corp; Spoliation is the destruction or material alteration of evidence or the failure to preserve property for another\'s use as evidence in pending or reasonably foreseeable litigation; mitigation-of-damages doctrine.

United Oil Co. v. Parts Associates, Inc.; may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, relevant to claim or defense; other lawsuits regarding similar products relevant to a defendant's failure to warn; indemnify; indemnity agreement.

Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing; federal forum for federal tax litigation sufficiently substantial for exercise of federal question jurisdiction; federal title law; division of labor between state and federal courts.

Shady Grove Orthopedic Association v. Allstate Insurance Co.; Rule 23 Class Action; Federal procedure that does not alter the rules for deciding a claim will control in diversity cases.

Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.; exercise general jursidiction gives court authority to hear all claims at place of defendant's domicile or place of service, without showing connection between specific claims and forum state.

courts may order mandatory nonbinding mediation, alternative dispute resolution.

Rule 27, authorize pre-complaint discovery, file a verified complaint.

appellate courts, cross appeal requirement, appellate record.

Lopez v. City of Irvington; joinder of claims; sever claims; a single transaction may encompass multiple occurrences.

Pebble Beach Co. v. Caddy; Due process is satisfied when the defendant has performed some act or consummated some transaction within the forum or has otherwise purposefully availed himself of the privileges of conducting business in the forum.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 18 provides for unrestricted joinder of claims against an opposing party, severence.

Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc; A discrimination plaintiff's case may be sufficient to submit to the jury if consists of a prima facie case of discrimination and sufficient evidence that defendant's proffered explanation was merely a pretext.

Sanctioned, attorney transgressions, preserve the integrity of the judicial process, sanctions.

parties may depose non-party witnesses, deposition, testimony, protective order.

Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.; When ruling on a request for a preliminary injunction, a court must consider the consequences to the public interest of granting the request; great deference to the military.

Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S.A. v. Hall; buying products from a different state does not expose buyer to court jurisdiction unless sales resulted in other connections.

Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor; Settlement is relevant to the certification of a class; however, the class unity requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 remain the dominant concern.

Connecticut v. Doehr; pre-hearing seizure; only exigent circumstances justify a pre-hearing seizure.

Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly; sufficient factual allegations required for Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2) short and plain statement of the claim showing that pleader is entitled to relief, give the defendant fair notice of claim and grounds upon which it rests.

Ashcroft v. Iqbal; pleading; facts to support claim; insufficient pleading.

Szendry-Ramos v. First Bancorp; no supplemental jurisdiction (formerly ancillary jurisdiction or pendent jurisdiction) if plaintiff's state law claims substantially predominate over the federal claims or raise complex or novel issues of state law.

Contribution, implead, impleader, indemnity, indemnification, third-party complaint.

Roell v. Withrow; When a party has signaled consent to the magistrate judge's authority to hear a case through actions rather than words, there is little value in strict insistence on an express consent requirement.