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FRCP
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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02/21/2013

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Term

Rule 8(a)

Definition

"short and plain statement.."

  1. frounds for court's jurisdiction
  2. statement of the claim
  3. demand for relief sough
Term
Rule 8 (b)
Definition

Defenses

 

  1. short and plain terms of defenses to each claim
  2. admit or deny the allegations
Term
Rule 8(c)
Definition
State any Affirmative Defenses
Term
Rule 11 (b)
Definition
certify that to the best of the person's knowledge, information and belief, formed an inquirey reasonable under the circumstances
Term
Rule 11(c)
Definition

Sanctions

 

  1. By Motion after 21 day notice (Safe HarborProvision)
  2. Court's own intiative
Term
Rule 12 (a)
Definition
A defendant must serve an answer within 21 days after being served summons and complaint
Term
Rule 12 (b) Motions
Definition

Defenses (2-5 waivable)

  1. Lack of SMJ
  2. Lack of PJ
  3. Improper Venue
  4. Insufficient Process
  5. Insufficient service of process
  6. failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
  7. failure to join a prty under Rule 19

 

Term
Rule 12 (e) Motion
Definition

 

 

“move for a more definite statement of a pleading to which a responsive pleading is allowed but which is so vague or ambiguous that the party cannot reasonably prepare a response”

Term
Rule 12 (b)(6) Motion
Definition

 

 

Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim

1.      Tests the sufficiency of a complain

2.      Allegations must be accepted as true

3.      Will only consider allegation made within the four corners (no outside evidence)

Term
Rule 12 (f)
Definition

 “may strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter

Term

Rule 12 (g)

 

The Waiver Trap

Definition

1.      Mandates joinder of all available defenses and objections in one omnibus pre-answer motion and imposes waiver as a penalty for leaving certain defenses out

2.      Omitting any of these defenses from the pre-answer motion not only prevents a party from raising it again by another pre-answer motion, but also from raising the Rule 12(b)(2)-(5) defenses again by any means

Term
Safe Harbor
Definition

21 days to leave or amend offending action

Rule 11(c)(2)

Term
Rule 15(a)
Definition

Amendment before trial should be freely given when justice requires

  1. Without Leave (once, within 21 days)
  2. With Leave of the Court (factors test)
Term
Rule 15 (b)
Definition
Amendment during or after trial
Term
Rule 15(c)(1)(A)
Definition

Related back when the Statute of Limitation allows

 

Term
Rule 15(c)(1)(B)
Definition
Relates back when amendment asserts clai marising out of the same conduct, transaction, or occurance in original pleading
Term
Rule 15(C)(1)(C)
Definition

   The party to be brought in knew or should have known within period underà rule 4M within the period of 120 days

Term
Rule 18(a)
Definition

Permissive Claim Joinder

 

Party can join all claims even if unrelated

 

Term
Rule 20(a)
Definition

Joinder of Parties

 

Permissive to join parties if:

  1. Same CTO and,
  2. question of law or fact common to the joined parties
Term

Rule 13(a)(1)

 

 

Definition

Counterclaim is compulsory if it arises out of the same CTO

 

Defendent - "Use it or Lose it"

Term
Rule 13(b)
Definition
Permissive counterclaim allows any other unrelated counterclaim between opposing parties
Term
Rule 13(g)
Definition
Crossclaim
Co-Parties may state a claim against a co-party IF claim arises from same CTO
Term
Rule 14(a)
Definition
Party Joinder (Impleader) - D may bring in 3rd party
Allowed only when the 3rd party defendant is may be liable to D for all or part of P’s claim against D.
Term

Rule 14 Motion Factors

(Impleader)

Definition

Erkins Case

  1. Timliness of Motion
  2. Complication of issues at trial
  3. Probability of delay in trial
  4. whether P may be prejudiced by adding party
Term
Hohlbein Test
Definition

Same (conduct), transaction, or occurance

Court interpretted broadly

Term

Factors to Amend with Leave of Court

Rule 15(a)(2)

Definition

Freely given when justice requires

  1. Stage of litigation
  2. Reason for the Amendment
  3. Viability of claim
  4. Reason for not including in original pleading
  5. Whether there is prejudice
Term

Beek v. Aquaslide

Factors for Amendment before trial

Definition
  1. Undue delay
  2. Bad faith
  3. repeated failure to cure the defiencies by amendments already allowed
  4. Undue Prejudice to opposing party
  5. Futility of the Amendment
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