Comparatively little controversy attended the semi-annual meeting of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee which was held in late November, 1991. During that meeting, however, the Committee preliminarily considered the prospect of amending Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, which governs class actions. The Advisory Committee is now contemplating possible revision of Rule 23 governing class actions. If that effort proceeds, the Committee should seriously consider reexamining Rules 19 and 24(a)(2), the other two party joinder provisions that were simultaneously changed and integrated with Rule 23 more than a quarter-century ago. This would enable the Committee to propose an integrated package of amendments responsive to civil litigation in the ...
The amendments to the civil rules continue a process of transition from legal formulas toward adapta...
Over roughly the past fifteen years, the Supreme Court and lower federal courts have limited access ...
On December 1, 1993, the most comprehensive package of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Proc...
Three decades have elapsed since Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure last underwent revi...
The increasing number of public interest lawsuits suggests that federal courts increasingly will c...
Professor Cooper has been Reporter of the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedur...
The reformulation of compulsory joinder rules, urged by commentators for a decade, has been realized...
The subject of joinder of parties is peculiarly interesting in that it shows the growing tendency to...
The 1983 revision of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ( Rule 11 or the Rule ) prove...
Professor Tobias\u27 recommendations to the Montana Supreme Court regarding the newly amended F.R.C....
Congress reformed the procedures for amending the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1988 by prescr...
This article investigates whether the proposed amendments to Rule 23 (recently approved for publicat...
In 1970, the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure made their debut. The new set of rules included Civil Rul...
In our first article on the historical background of the proposed new rules of civil procedure for t...
Over the past three decades, the juridical link and concerted action exceptions have evolved from ...
The amendments to the civil rules continue a process of transition from legal formulas toward adapta...
Over roughly the past fifteen years, the Supreme Court and lower federal courts have limited access ...
On December 1, 1993, the most comprehensive package of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Proc...
Three decades have elapsed since Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure last underwent revi...
The increasing number of public interest lawsuits suggests that federal courts increasingly will c...
Professor Cooper has been Reporter of the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedur...
The reformulation of compulsory joinder rules, urged by commentators for a decade, has been realized...
The subject of joinder of parties is peculiarly interesting in that it shows the growing tendency to...
The 1983 revision of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ( Rule 11 or the Rule ) prove...
Professor Tobias\u27 recommendations to the Montana Supreme Court regarding the newly amended F.R.C....
Congress reformed the procedures for amending the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1988 by prescr...
This article investigates whether the proposed amendments to Rule 23 (recently approved for publicat...
In 1970, the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure made their debut. The new set of rules included Civil Rul...
In our first article on the historical background of the proposed new rules of civil procedure for t...
Over the past three decades, the juridical link and concerted action exceptions have evolved from ...
The amendments to the civil rules continue a process of transition from legal formulas toward adapta...
Over roughly the past fifteen years, the Supreme Court and lower federal courts have limited access ...
On December 1, 1993, the most comprehensive package of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Proc...