Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial – National Edition serves as an authoritative procedural guide on pretrial practice in federal courts. It comprehensively covers federal court jurisdiction with a focus on removal and remand, pleadings, motion practice and discovery, and all other pretrial stages of a lawsuit. Key citations to federal statutes, rules, and cases are included, plus court-tested forms and practice pointers that reflect years of litigation experience. Contents include:
•Subject matter jurisdiction
•Personal jurisdiction
•Venue
•Service of process
•Defaults
•Parties
•Pleadings
•Attacking the pleadings
•Actions with special procedural requirements
•Discovery
•Motion practice
•Injunctions
•Summary judgment
•Pretrial conference and settlement procedures
•Other motions and procedures
•Sanctions