Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog

Vladeck on Codrington on Purcell v. Gonzalez

This week on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Steve Vladeck’s essay, Purcell and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year. Steve reviews Wilfred Codrington’s recent article, Purcell in Pandemic, 96 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 941 (2021).

 

 

 

Carroll on Greene & Renberg on Non-Lawyer Judges

This week on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Maureen Carroll’s essay, Non-Lawyer Judges in Devalued Courts. Maureen reviews Sara Sternberg Greene & Kristen Renberg’s recent essay, Judging Without a J.D., 122 Colum. L. Rev. 1287 (2022).

 

 

 

Wasserman on Clopton on Catch and Kill Jurisdiction

The latest piece on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Howard Wasserman’s essay, Catching and Killing it in Federal Court. Howard reviews Zach Clopton’s recent article, Catch and Kill Jurisdiction, Mich. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

 

Coleman on Reda on Empiricism and Procedural Inequality

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Brooke Coleman’s essay, Data-Driven Procedural Inequality. Brooke reviews Danya Reda’s recent article, Producing Procedural Inequality Through the Empirical Turn, 94 U. Colo. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2023).

 

 

 

 

Campos on Gilles on Arbitration Reform Legislation

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Sergio Campos’s essay, Talking the Talk to Walk the Walk. Sergio reviews recent congressional testimony by Myriam Gilles, Justice Restored: Forced Arbitration and the Erosion of our Legal System: Hearing on H.R. 963 Before the Subcomm. on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, 117 Cong. __ (2021), and Silenced: How Forced Arbitration Keeps Victims of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment in the Shadows: Hearing Before the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 117 Cong. __ (2021).

 

 

Bartholomew on Borchers on Personal Jurisdiction

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Christine Bartholomew’s essay, A Post Minimum Contacts World. Christine reviews Patrick Borchers’ recent article Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court and “Corporate Tag Jurisdiction” in the Pennoyer Era, 72 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 45 (2021).

 

 

 

Endo on Beerdsen on Discovery Culture

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Seth Endo’s essay, “Order Without Law” in Discovery. Seth reviews Edith Beerdsen’s recent article Discovery Culture, 57 Ga. L. Rev. (forthcoming).

 

 

 

Erbsen on Bookman & Shanahan on Civil Procedure Without Lawyers

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Allan Erbsen’s essay, Civil Procedure for Lawyerless Courts. Allan reviews Pamela Bookman & Colleen Shanahan’s recent article, A Tale of Two Civil Procedures, 122 Colum. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

Smith on Citron & Solove on Privacy Law and Judicial Remedies

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Fred Smith’s essay, No Harm, No Foul? Privacy Law and Judicial Remedies. Fred reviews Danielle Citron and Dan Solove’s recent article, Privacy Harms, 102 B.U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

 

 

Effron on Sudeall & Pasciuti on Eviction Court

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Robin Effron’s essay, “Day-in-Court Theater” in Eviction Court. Robin reviews Lauren Sudeall & Daniel Pasciuti’s recent article, Praxis and Paradox: Inside the Black Box of Eviction Court, 74 Vand. L. Rev. 1365 (2021).

 

 

 

 

Kalajdzic on Freer on Class Actions and the Roberts Court

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Jasminka Kalajdzic’s essay, The Roberts Court’s Legacy in Class Action Jurisprudence. Jasminka reviews Rich Freer’s recent article, The Roberts Court and Class Litigation: Revolution, Evolution, and Work to be Done, 51 Stetson L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

 

Bookman on Summers on Eviction Procedure As Civil Probation

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Pamela Bookman’s essay, Circumventing Procedure in Eviction Court. Pam reviews Nicole Summers’ recent article, Civil Probation.

 

 

 

Michalski on Burch & Williams on MDL Litigation

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Roger Michalski’s essay, In a Different Voice. Roger reviews a recent article by Beth Burch and Margaret Williams, Perceptions of Justice in Multidistrict Litigation: Voices from the Crowd, Cornell L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

 

Pfander on Bray & Miller on Equity

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Jim Pfander’s essay, Recovering Equity. Jim reviews a recent article by Sam Bray and Paul Miller, Getting Into Equity, 97 Notre Dame L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

Mullenix on Norris on Neoliberal Civil Procedure

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Linda Mullenix’s essay, Recasting the Corporate Bias of Civil Procedure: A Neoliberal Theory. Linda reviews Luke Norris’s article, Neoliberal Civil Procedure, 12 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

Vladeck on Siegel on Habeas

Now on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Steve Vladeck’s essay, Hiding Behind Habeas’s Hardness. Steve reviews Jonathan Siegel’s recent article, Habeas, History, and Hermeneutics, 64 Ariz. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

 

Steinman on Bayefsky on Respect, Remedies & Article III

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is my essay, Standing for Something More: Respect and Article III. I review a recent article by Rachel Bayefsky, Remedies and Respect: Rethinking the Role of Federal Judicial Relief, 109 Geo. L.J. 1263 (2021).

 

 

 

Carroll on Sabbeth & Steinberg on Gender and the Right to Counsel

Now on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Maureen Carroll’s essay, A Gendered Right to Counsel? Maureen reviews Kathryn Sabbeth and Jessica Steinberg’s article, The Gender of Gideon, 69 UCLA L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).

 

 

 

Re on Varsava on Fun in Judicial Opinions

Now on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Richard Re’s essay, A Rule Against Fun. Richard reviews Nina Varsava’s recent article, Professional Irresponsibility and Judicial Opinions, which is forthcoming in the Houston Law Review.

 

 

 

Wasserman on Crocker on Immunities and Constitutional-Tort Litigation

Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Howard Wasserman’s essay, The Paths to Comprehensive Entity Liability in Constitutional Litigation. Howard reviews two recent articles by Katherine Mims Crocker, Reconsidering Section 1983’s Nonabrogation of Sovereign Immunity, 73 Fla. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2021), and Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, and Systemic Reform, 71 Duke L.J. (forthcoming 2022).