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MBE: Motions, trial, and judgments

By Professor NathensonMay 28, 2015Civil Procedure, MBE, Reviewsadditur, bar exam, bar examination, celotex, Civil Procedure, directed verdict, initial response rule, jmal, jmol, jnov, judgment as a matter of law, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, jury, jury trial, mbe, motion for new trial, multistate bar exam, multistate bar examination, new trial, pre-answer motion, remittitur, right to jury, rule 12, rule 41, rule 50, rule 56, seventh amendment, summary judgment, voluntary dismissal

Below are videos and other resources regarding a number of issues related to motions, dispositive motions, the right to jury trial, and judgments. This includes Rule 12(b), the 12(b)(6) motion, Rule 12(c) motion for judgment on the pleadings, Rule 56 summary judgment, the right to jury trial, Rule 50 judgment as a matter of law, […]

Put up or shut up! The flavors of summary judgment

By Professor NathensonApril 1, 2015Civil Procedurefrcp, summary judgment

In honor of Monday’s assignment, I’ve posted a new handout on the types of summary judgment, the “put up or shut up” rule. Varying somewhat from Glannon’s approach, I define four (4) types of summary judgment: Proof of all of my own (the movant’s) elements Disproof of one or more of my opponent’s (non-movant’s) elements Absence […]