This second edition incorporates the restyled federal rules of civil procedure and the Supreme Court's modification of civil pleading standards in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly. The casebook features a novel visual display and layout that uses text boxes, diagrams, and color/border segregated feature sections for hypotheticals, references to scholarly debates, useful information for students, and thought-provoking questions. A major distinguishing feature of the book is its inclusion of an accompanying electronic version with extensive hyperlinks to Westlaw versions of legal materials, Black's Law Dictionary definitions, supplementary online resources, and more....

This supplement provides a compact and concise compendium of all of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure currently in effect, as well as the restyled version of the rules that took effect in December 2007. It also includes the U.S. Constitution and key provisions of title 28 of the United States Code. The supplement?s small size and text limited to the body of rules and statutes make it a convenient resource for students in civil procedure and complex litigation courses needing quick and easy access to relevant statutory provisions during class or for their studies or exams....