Course Description

LAWS 5303
Civil Procedure
General Description:
Studies modern practice in civil suits, including rules governing pleading, joinder of parties, discovery, jurisdiction of courts over the subject matter and parties, right to jury trial, appeals, and res judicata and collateral estoppel, with emphasis on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their Colorado counterpart.

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LAWS 5303-801

Instructor(s): Michael Waggoner

Credits: 2

Meeting Times & Locations:
   Mon,Wed   10:45 AM - 11:40 AM   WOLF 207

Syllabus: Fall 2008 Civil Procedure I Syllabus

Textbook Info: Yeazell, Civil Procedure, (7th ed.) ISBN 0735545111. Federal Rules Supplement.

First Assignment: The first reading assignment for class discussion is pages 17-20 and 333-48 in the Yeazell text. In addition, as background reading, the students should read pages 13-25.


LAWS 5303-802

Instructor(s): Christopher Mueller

Credits: 2

Meeting Times & Locations:
   Mon,Wed   10:45 AM - 11:40 AM   WOLF 305

Syllabus: Fall 2008 Civil Procedure Syllabus

Textbook Info: Marcus, Redish, Sherman, Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach, (Thomson/West, 4th ed., 2008), ISBN 0314156135. Glannon, Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations, (Aspen, 5th ed., 2006), ISBN 07355567. Clermont, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, (Foundation, 2008), ISBN 9781599414461.

First Assignment: Mon. Aug 25 -- MRS 1-12


LAWS 5303-803

Instructor(s): Melissa Hart

Credits: 2

Meeting Times & Locations:
   Mon,Wed   10:45 AM - 11:40 AM   WOLF 206

Syllabus: Fall 2008 Civil Procedure Syllabus

Textbook Info: Yeazell, Civil Procedure, (7th ed.) ISBN 0735545111. Federal Rules Supplement. Glannon, Civil Procedure Examples & Explanations, ISBN 073551982X.

First Assignment: August 25: Pp 1-17, look at the TOC (pp 3-12) of the FRCP. Please register on TWEN.