Civil procedure : pleading : the plaintiff's complaint / Hillel Y. Levin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Hillel Y., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States--Textbooks.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Distribution:

Minneapolis Open Textbook Library

Place of Publication:

[Chicago] : CALI's eLangdell Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This chapter covers the Civil Procedure topic of Pleading: The Plaintiff‘s Complaint. The chapter takes approximately four class periods to cover in detail. The student is exposed to cases, presented with questions that are designed to both guide class discussion and to help the student focus his reading of the materials, pleadings from cases, and the applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Faculty materials available: This eLangdell chapter includes a teacher's manual. Faculty and staff at CALI member schools can access these faculty-only materials by logging in to eLangdell with their normal cali.org username and password. Contact CALI if you have questions. This chapter covers the Civil Procedure topic of Pleading: The Plaintiff's Complaint. The chapter takes approximately four class periods to cover in detail. The student is exposed to cases, presented with questions that are designed to both guide class discussion and to help the student focus his reading of the materials, pleadings from cases, and the applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. There are two accompanying files available only to faculty who are registered at cali.org (registration is free for faculty at CALI member schools): a Teaching Manual and a Supplemental Material document. The Supplemental Material should be distributed to students at the appropriate point in the unit. Please see the Teaching Manual for details.

Contents:

1. Preface

2. Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading

3. Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters

4. Conley v. Gibson

5. Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A

6. Rule 10. Form of Pleadings

7. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly

8. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

9. Kregler v. City of New York

10. Complaint 1

11. Complaint 2

Notes:

Description based on print resource