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37 Cards in this Set
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SMJ: Circuit Courts
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General Jurisdiction unless Exclusive Elsewhere
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SMJ: Appellate Courts
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Only final orders, except partial and significant orders
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SMJ: Supreme Court
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Must review any order declaring any statute unconstitutional
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PJ: Illinois Law
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Consent, Presence, Long Arm
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PJ: Constitution
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Contacts, Fairness
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PJ: Presence
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Dancing, Domicile, Doing Business
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PJ: Long Arm
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LIMIT
Land Injury Matrimony Insurance Transaction |
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Service of Process: Individuals
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PAW
Personal Abode Waiver |
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Service of Process: Abode Service
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AT HIM
Abode Thirteen Household Inform |
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Service of Process: Entities
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Personal service on an authorized agent, brainiac agent, any partner
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Service of Process: Publication
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RAMP
Real Property Affidavit Publish |
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Venue: General Rule
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Any defendant resides or any part of the claim arose
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Venue: Exceptions to General Rule
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GRAIL
Government Real Property Absent Defendants IL Insurance Company Libel |
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Change of Venue
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3 affidavits fearing prejudice, before substantial issue resolved
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Forum non conveniens
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Conditional, Discretionary, Dismissal for Gross Inconvenience
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Pleadings: Content
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Liberal Fact Pleading
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Pleadings: Amendments
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Liberally granted on just and reasonable terms
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Pleadings: Relation back of claims
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Sameness
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Pleadings: Relation back of parties
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KISS
Knowledge Identity Mistake Service of Process Timeframe Sameness |
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Joinder: General Rule
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Liberal and Permissive
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Impleader
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Third party claims, all or part
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Interpleader
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Common fund, rival claimants
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Intervention
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As of right --> Interest adversely affected; OR
Permissive --> discretion + commonality |
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Class Actions
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NAACP
Numerosity Adequacy Appropriateness Commonality Predominance |
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Discovery: Methods
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1. Automatic prompt disclosures if $50,000 or less
2. Limited discovery deps 3. Pretrial witness disclosures, interrogatories 4. Ongoing duty to supplement |
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Discovery: Scope
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Relevant and not privileged
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Discovery: Work Product
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1. Attorneys' Mental Impressions NEVER
2. Everything else, ALWAYS. |
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Motions: Substitute Judges
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Once before substantial issue resolved
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Motions: Plaintiff's Voluntary Dismissal
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Once before hearing or counterclaim + 1 year to refile
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Motions: Defendants 2-615 Attacks
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Pre-answer, facial defects
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Motions: Defendants' 2-619 Dismissal
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Affirmative matter, outside complaint
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Motions: Summary Judgment
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No genuine issue of material fact
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Motions: Directed Verdict
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Evidence so overwhelmingly favors
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Motions: JNOV
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Evidence so overwhelmingly favored
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Motions: New trial
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Discretionary for:
1. Trial errors, OR 2. Verdict against weight |
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Motions: Vacate Default
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Within 30 days, liberally granted
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Motions: Relief from judgment
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Between 30 days and 2 years, MEND:
Merit Equity New Facts Due Diligence |
