This casebook is a classic in civil procedure. It contains lightly-edited cases with extensive explanatory notes, thereby teaching students how to read cases while learning doctrine. Some notes are historical and comparative, giving students a more nuanced understanding than can be obtained from simply studying current law. The book is accessible without sacrificing interest and complexity, providing a sophisticated understanding of civil procedure and the federal system. The eleventh edition has been thoroughly updated with fifteen new principal cases and notes on recent developments in personal jurisdiction, pleading, e-discovery, and class actions.

Supplement to accompany Yeazell/Schwartz/Carroll’s Civil Procedure, 11th edition, with statutes and materials; includes the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Constitution, Selected Provisions from United States Code, Title 28: Judiciary and Judicial Procedure; and Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., a 2023 Supreme Court personal jurisdiction decision. New to the 2024 Edition: The updated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, reflecting changes to Rules 6, 15, 72, and a new Rule 87. The Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., which offers insights about two key areas of personal jurisdiction: general jurisdiction and consent.

This is the 2007 Supplement to Hazard, Tait and Fletcher's Cases and Materials on Pleading and Procedure, State and Federal, Ninth Edition. The authors have thoroughly revised and updated this popular casebook for the Ninth Edition.