SMJ
Complete diversity requires that no plaintiff share this with any defendant.
What is state citizenship?
This Supreme Court case established the minimum contacts test.
What is International Shoe?
Venue is proper in any judicial district where this occurs under §1391(b)(2).
What is where a substantial part of the events occurred?
A complaint must contain three things: jurisdiction, a statement of the claim, and this.
What is a demand for relief?
Summary judgment is granted when no genuine dispute exists over this type of fact.
What is a material fact?
A corporation is a citizen of two places: its state of incorporation and this.
What is its principal place of business?
Tag jurisdiction is established when a defendant is served under this condition.
When the defendant is personally served while voluntarily present in the forum
A case may be removed only to this federal court.
To the federal district court embracing the state court where the action was filed.
A defendant must raise PJ, venue, and service objections at this time, or they are waived.
In the first Rule 12 motion or the answer.
A renewed JMOL (Rule 50(b)) can only be made if this motion was first made at trial.
A Rule 50(a) JMOL motion.
Under the well-pleaded complaint rule, only this part of the case can create federal-question jurisdiction.
What is the plaintiff’s claim?
Specific jurisdiction requires that the plaintiff’s claim do this with respect to the defendant’s forum contacts.
What is arise out of or relate to those contacts?
In a diversity case, a defendant cannot remove if this is true of them.
If the defendant is a citizen of the forum state (the forum defendant rule).
Rule 15 allows a party to amend once as a matter of course within this time frame.
21 days after serving the pleading or receiving a Rule 12 motion/answer.
New trials under Rule 59 are typically granted for reasons such as attorney misconduct or this defect.
A verdict against the weight of the evidence.
One plaintiff may aggregate claims against one defendant to reach $75,000 only under this condition.
When the claims are all owned by one plaintiff against one defendant, even if unrelated.
The fairness analysis for specific jurisdiction is remembered by this acronym.
What is BIIJS?
Transfers under §1404(a) require evaluating these categories of factors.
What are private and public interest factors?
An amendment relates back to the original complaint when it arises from this.
The same transaction or occurrence.
Claim preclusion requires a prior judgment that is valid, final, and this.
On the merits.
Name both tests used to determine whether a claim "arises under" federal law.
What are the Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule and the Holmes Creation Test?
Under Mullane, notice must be “reasonably calculated” to do what?
To apprise interested parties of the action and give them an opportunity to respond.
This type of venue is used only if no other venue provision applies.
What is fallback venue under §1391(b)(3)?
Under Rule 15(c)(1)(C), adding a new defendant requires notice and this type of error by the plaintiff.
A mistake concerning the proper party’s identity.
Under Erie, when no Federal Rule is on point, federal courts apply state law if failing to do so would lead to these two negative outcomes.
Forum shopping and inequitable administration of the laws.