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  2. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Wikipedia

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    Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Official text in pdf format, from the administrative office of the Federal court system) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Latest Edition (www.federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org) 2016-2017 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Effective on December 1, 2016) Complete text of Federal Rules of Civil ...

  3. Civil discovery under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure guide discovery in the U.S. federal court system. Most state courts follow a similar version based upon the FRCP, Chapter V "Depositions & Discovery" [1] . FRCP Rule 26 provides general guidelines to the discovery process, it requires Plaintiff to initiate a conference between the parties to plan the ...

  4. Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins - Wikipedia

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    Later opinions limited the application of Erie to substantive state law; federal courts can generally use the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure while hearing state law claims. It can be a problem for federal courts to know what a state court would decide on an issue of first impression (i.e., one not previously considered by state courts).

  5. Erie doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The Erie doctrine is a fundamental legal doctrine of civil procedure in the United States which mandates that a federal court called upon to resolve a dispute not directly implicating a federal question (most commonly when sitting in diversity jurisdiction, but also when applying supplemental jurisdiction to claims factually related to a federal question or in an adversary proceeding in ...

  6. Civil procedure in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Early federal and state civil procedure in the United States was rather ad hoc and was based on traditional common law procedure but with much local variety. There were varying rules that governed different types of civil cases such as "actions" at law or "suits" in equity or in admiralty; these differences grew from the history of "law" and "equity" as separate court systems in English law.

  7. Title 28 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    This part establishes criminal procedure and civil procedure for the federal courts. The Supreme Court, pursuant to the Rules Enabling Act and upon recommendations from the Judicial Conference of the United States, promulgates the more detailed Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Chapter 111: General Provisions

  8. Request for admissions - Wikipedia

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    Under Rule 36(a)(5) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, [1] the answering party may also object to the request, and state the reason for their objection, so long as the objection is not solely because the request would present a genuine issue of fact for trial.

  9. Moore's Federal Practice - Wikipedia

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    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]