Civil Procedure
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Court Allows Immediate Appeal from Decisions on 28 U.S.C. § 1782 Applications for Discovery
By Marcus Fields Last Wednesday in Chevron Corp. v. Page, the Fourth Circuit ruled, in a… Read More
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Requisite Showing for a Certificate of Appealability
By Diana Castro Today, in United States v. Raymond Garfield Butler, the Fourth Circuit denied Butler’s motion for a certificate… Read More
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Another Look at General Personal Jurisdiction
By Carol Andrews* General personal jurisdiction—whereby a state court asserts jurisdiction over a defendant on claims unrelated to the defendant’s… Read More
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When Staying Discovery Stays Justice: Analyzing Motions to Stay Discovery When a Motion to Dismiss is Pending
By: Kevin J. Lynch* Introduction Discovery plays a key role in our modern federal courts. Discovery can be costly and… Read More
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Iqbal’s Retro Revolution
By: Benjamin P. Cooper* Introduction The Supreme Court’s decisions in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly[1] and Ashcroft v. Iqbal[2] represent… Read More
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Comment: Obtaining a Declaratory Judgment Under CERCLA: Should the Past Control The Future?
By: Rachael A. Doyle* Introduction Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”)[1] to address and remedy… Read More
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After Iqbal
By Joseph A. Seiner This article is only available in PDF format. Click here for the full PDF version of… Read More
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Procedural Justice in Nonclass Aggregation
By Elizabeth Chamblee Burch This article is only available in PDF format. Click here for the full PDF version of… Read More
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Reshaping Federal Jurisdiction: Congress’s Latest Challenge to Judicial Review
By: Helen Norton This article is only available in PDF format. Click here for the full PDF version of this… Read More