CHAPTER 1: State and Federal Court Systems

	§ 1.01 Federal Judicial System
	§ 1.02 State Judicial Systems
	§ 1.03 Selecting the Court in Which to Bring Suit

CHAPTER 2: Personal Jurisdiction

	§2.01 Personal Jurisdiction Based on Citizenship, Consent and Waiver
	§ 2.02 When Parties Cannot be Served Within the Forum State
	§ 2.03 Minimun Contacts with Forum State
	§ 2.04 State Long-Arm Statutes
	§ 2.05 Transient Jurisdiction
	§ 2.06 Quasi In Rem Jurisdiction
	§ 2.07 In Rem Jurisdiction
	§ 2.08 Jurisdictional Challenges

CHAPTER 3: Notice Requirements

	§ 3.01 Due Process
	§ 3.02 Procedure for Service of Process
	§ 3.03 Feasibility of Individual Notice

CHAPTER 4: Subject Matter Jurisdiction

	§ 4.01 Subject Matter Jurisdiction
	§ 4.02 Federal Question Jurisdiction
	§ 4.03 Diversity Jurisdiction
	§ 4.04 Removal Jurisdiction
	§ 4.05 Supplemental Jurisdiction

CHAPTER 5: Venue

	§ 5.01 General Principles
	§ 5.02 Venue Under State Judicial Systems
	§ 5.03 Venue Under Federal Judicial System
	§ 5.04 Change of Venue Outside of Judicial System; Forum Non Conveniens
	§ 5.05 Transfer of Venue Within the Same Judicial System

CHAPTER 6: Ascertaining Applicable Law

	§ 6.01 Rules of Decision Act
	§ 6.02 Erie Doctrine; "Substance versus Procedure" Test
	§ 6.03 "Outcome Determination" Test
	§ 6.04 "Balancing of Governmental Interests" Test
	§ 6.05 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
	§ 6.06 Summary of Erie Analysis Under Modern Law
	§ 6.07 Conflicts of Law
	§ 6.08 Ascertaining the Content of State Law

CHAPTER 7: Pleadings

	§ 7.01 Modern Notice Pleading
	§ 7.02 FRCP 11
	§ 7.03 The Complaint
	§ 7.04 The Answer
	§ 7.05 Reply to Answer
	§ 7.06 Supplemental Pleadings
	§ 7.07 Amendment of Pleadings
	§ 7.08 FRCP 12 Motions on the Pleadings

CHAPTER 8: Complex Pleading and Practice

	§ 8.01 Claim Joinder
	§ 8.02 Counterclaims
	§ 8.03 Cross-Claims
	§ 8.04 Joinder of Parties
	§ 8.05 Impleader (Third-Party Practice)
	§ 8.06 Interpleader
	§ 8.07 Intervention
	§ 8.08 Class Actions
	§ 8.09 Consolidation

CHAPTER 9: Discovery

	§ 9.01 Discoverable Material
	§ 9.02 Questionable Areas of Discovery
	§ 9.03 Privileged Communications
	§ 9.04 Work Product
	§ 9.05 Experts
	§ 9.06 Mechanics of Discovery
	§ 9.07 Depositions
	§ 9.08 Interrogatories
	§ 9.09 Production and Entry Requests
	§ 9.10 Physical and Mental Examinations
	§ 9.11 Requests for Admissions
	§ 9.12 Preventing Abuse of Discovery
	§ 9.13 Sanctions for Discovery Abuses

CHAPTER 10: Dispostion Without Trial

	§ 10.01 Default Judgment
	§ 10.02 Summary Judgment
	§ 10.03 Dismissal or Nonsuit
	§ 10.04 Alternative Dispute Resolution

CHAPTER 11: Remedies

	§ 11.01 Damages
	§ 11.02 Equitable Relief; Injunctions
	§ 11.03 Declaratory Relief

CHAPTER 12: Trial Process

	§ 12.01 Pretrial Conference
	§ 12.02 Jury Trial
	§ 12.03 Burden of Proof
	§ 12.04 Presumptions
	§ 12.05 Judgment as a Matter of Law
	§ 12.06 Instructing the Jury
	§ 12.07 Verdicts
	§ 12.08 New Trial
	§ 12.09 Trial-Level Challenges to Judgments

CHAPTER 13: Appeal

	§ 13.01 Final Judgment Rule
	§ 13.02 Statutory Interlocutory Appeal
	§ 13.03 Collateral Order Doctrine
	§ 13.04 Scope of Review
	§ 13.05 Standars of Review

CHAPTER 14: Final Judgments

	§ 14.01 Claim Preclusion
	§ 14.02 Issue Preclusion
	§ 14.03 Full Faith and Credit