Friday audio--Section A, Section B.
Please have all documents with you and please work from them in class. If you have not gotten the FRCP pamphlet, print out the assigned sections until you do. Make sure you have copies of all documents.
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 in FRCP 8 and 10.
• 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 and how we should understand what is in the numbered paragraphs? How do each of our complaints attempt to serve these purposes?
• What stops a plaintiff from making stuff up in the complaint?
Then move to Joinder of Claims and Parties. For Wednesday, consider:
• What is the difference between FRCP 18 and FRCP 20?
• What makes someone "opposing parties??
• What claims can one plaintiff join against one plaintiff? Why allow broad joinder of claims?
• Imagine BSO had used VOA photos without permission for a different season 10 years ago. Could VOA include that claim against BSO in this suit?
• Imagine Krista Millea bought a defective microwave from Walmart. Could she include that claim against Walmart in this suit?
• Looking at our four cases, what work is FRCP 18(a) doing in each? What work is FRCP 20(a)(1) doing? What work is FRCP 20(a)(2) doing?
