Joseph W. Glannon - Civil Procedure 4th ed.

A Coursebook

Fourth Edition

Joseph W. Glannon

Professor of Law

Suffolk University

Andrew M. Perlman

Dean and Professor of Law

Suffolk University

Peter Raven-Hansen

Glen Earl Weston Research Professor of Law Emeritus

George Washington University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Glannon, Joseph W., author. | Perlman, Andrew M. (Andrew Marcus), author. | Raven-Hansen, Peter, 1946- author.

Title: Civil procedure: a coursebook / Joseph W. Glannon, Professor of Law, Suffolk University; Andrew M. Perlman, Dean and Professor of Law, Suffolk University; Peter Raven-Hansen, Glen Earl Weston Research Professor of Law Emeritus, George Washington University.

Description: Fourth edition. | Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishing, [2021] | Series: Aspen casebook series | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: Casebook for law students in the Civil Procedure course Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020046781 (print) | LCCN 2020046782 (ebook) | ISBN 9781543826258 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781543826265 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Civil procedureUnited StatesCases. | LCGFT: Casebooks (Law)

Classification: LCC KF8839.G578 2021 (print) | LCC KF8839 (ebook) | DDC 347.73/5dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020046781

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020046782

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I dedicate this book to Carol McGeehan.

J.W.G.

To Lisa, Maya, Brynne, and Talia

A.M.P.

To Winnie, Erik, and Anna

P.R-H.

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After decades of teaching Civil Procedure, we became convinced that students need a text that offers more than a series of cases followed by dense post-case notes and questions. Simply put, we concluded that students need a