Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2001)

I. SCOPE OF RULES--ONE FORM OF ACTION

II. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS

III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS

IV. PARTIES

V. DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY

VI. TRIALS

VII. JUDGMENT

VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES

IX. SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

X. DISTRICT COURTS AND CLERKS

XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS

I. SCOPE OF RULES--ONE FORM OF ACTION

• 1. Scope of Rules
• 2. One Form of Action

II. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS

• 3. Commencement of Action
• 4. Summons
• 4.1. Service of Other Process
• 5. Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
• 6. Time

III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS

• 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions
• 8. General Rules of Pleading
• 9. Pleading Special Matters
• 10. Form of Pleadings
• 11. Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions
• 12. Defenses and Objections--When and How Presented--By Pleading or Motion--Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
• 13. Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
• 14. Third-Party Practice
• 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
• 16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

IV. PARTIES

• 17. Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
• 18. Joinder of Claims and Remedies
• 19. Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
• 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties
• 21. Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties
• 22. Interpleader
• 23. Class Actions
• 23.1. Derivative Actions by Shareholders
• 23.2. Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
• 24. Intervention
• 25. Substitution of Parties

V. DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY

• 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure
• 27. Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
• 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
• 29. Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
• 30. Deposition Upon Oral Examination
• 31. Depositions Upon Written Questions
• 32. Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
• 33. Interrogatories to Parties
• 34. Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
• 35. Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
• 36. Requests for Admission
• 37. Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

VI. TRIALS

• 38. Jury Trial of Right
• 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court
• 40. Assignment of Cases for Trial
• 41. Dismissal of Actions
• 42. Consolidation; Separate Trials
• 43. Taking of Testimony
• 44. Proof of Official Record
• 44.1. Determination of Foreign Law
• 45. Subpoena
• 46. Exceptions Unnecessary
• 47. Selection of Jurors
• 48. Number of Jurors--Participation in Verdict
• 49. Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
• 50. Judgment as a Matter of Law in Jury Trials; Alternative Motion for New Trial; Conditional Rulings
• 51. Instructions to Jury; Objection
• 52. Findings by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
• 53. Masters

VII. JUDGMENT

• 54. Judgments; Costs
• 55. Default
• 56. Summary Judgment
• 57. Declaratory Judgments
• 58. Entry of Judgment
• 59. New Trials; Amendment of Judgments
• 60. Relief from Judgment or Order
• 61. Harmless Error
• 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
• 63. Inability of a Judge to Proceed

VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES

• 64. Seizure of Person or Property
• 65. Injunctions
• 65.1 Security: Proceedings Against Sureties
• 66. Receivers Appointed by Federal Courts
• 67. Deposit in Court
• 68. Offer of Judgment
• 69. Execution
• 70. Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title
• 71. Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties

IX. SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

• 71A. Condemnation of Property
• 72. Magistrate Judges; Pretrial Orders
• 73. Magistrate Judges; Trial by Consent and Appeal Options
• 74. [Abrogated]
• 75. [Abrogated]
• 76. [Abrogated]

X. DISTRICT COURTS AND CLERKS

• 77. District Courts and Clerks
• 78. Motion Day
• 79. Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein
• 80. Stenographer; Stenographic Report or Transcript as Evidence

XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 81. Applicability in General
• 82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
• 83. Rules by District Courts; Judge's Directives
• 84. Forms
• 85. Title
• 86. Effective Date

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