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The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (officially abbreviated Fed. R. Civ. P.; colloquially FRCP) ... Rules 26 to 37. Title V covers the rules of discovery. Modern ...
Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178 (1962), [1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States interpreted Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) [2] to require that federal courts grant a party leave to amend a pleading absent special circumstances such as bad faith or prejudice to the opposing party.
Moore's Federal Practice is an American legal treatise covering the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. [1]
Federal Rules Decisions is a case law reporter in the United States that is published by West Publishing as part of the National Reporter System. [1] The Federal Rules Decisions series publishes decisions of the United States district courts involving the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, and Federal Rules of Evidence ...
Fed. Reg. (sometimes FR) — Federal Register (see Federal Register for full text from 1994 to date) Fed. R. Bankr. P. — Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure; Fed. R. Civ. P. (sometimes FRCP) — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; Fed. R. Crim. P. — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; Fed. R. Evid. (sometimes FRE) — Federal Rules of Evidence
Supplemental jurisdiction, also sometimes known as ancillary jurisdiction or pendent jurisdiction, is the authority of United States federal courts to hear additional claims substantially related to the original claim even though the court would lack the subject-matter jurisdiction to hear the additional claims independently.
In 1938, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were adopted. One goal of these rules was to relax the strict rules of code pleading. [2] The focus of the cause of action was shifted to discovery (another goal of the FRCP). [2] Under the Federal Rules, a plaintiff's complaint merely needs to contain a short and plain statement of their cause of ...
Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495 (1947), is a seminal United States Supreme Court case in which the Court recognized the work-product doctrine, which holds that information obtained or produced by or for attorneys in anticipation of litigation may be protected from discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.