Thursday audio--Section A, Section B. Section B, remember that we meet at 1 p.m. on Fridays.
Prep all of Pleading: Introduction to Pleading.
• Review the four complaints (Naruto, VOA, Morgan, and Godin) and how they conform to the rules for structure and organization. What is the basic underlying story and issue in each case? Be ready to give a 20-second thumbnail explanation of each.
• What does it mean to say the rules are "trans-substantive?"
• A claim for relief is defined as "a set of facts showing a violation of one legal right of one person by another person, justifying relief." Or as "a set of facts showing a breach of one legal duty by one person injuring another person and justifying relief." On that definition, how many claims are in each of our four cases?
• What is the purpose of a complaint, from the perspective of the judicial system and the perspective o the plaintiff? How does our being an adversary system affect how the plaintiff drafts the complaint? How do each of our complaints attempt to serve these purposes?
• What stops a plaintiff from making stuff up in the complaint?
