Pretrial Litigation Process in the United States

An Introduction to the Pretrial Litigation Process: the Schulansky Case

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Pretrial Civil Procedure

This section includes procedure before trial information, with cross references to detailed coverage of jurisdiction, pleadings, motion practice and discovery. Contents of the section includes:

• Prelawsuit considerations
• Parties to the action
• Jurisdiction and venue
• Summons
• Defaults
• Pleadings and attacking the pleadings
• Discovery
• Law and motion
• Provisional remedies
• Sanctions
• Summary judgment and adjudication
• Dismissals
• Case management and trial setting
• Settlement procedures
• Judicial arbitration
• Class and representative actions