Civil Procedure Before Trial, 2026 Edition (The Rutter Group California Practice Guide)
Civil Procedure Before Trial, 2026 Edition (The Rutter Group California Practice Guide)
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What is Civil Procedure Before Trial used for in California litigation?
The book is a practical, step-by-step California civil procedure desk reference for handling a case from pre-lawsuit strategy through pretrial resolution — covering the procedural decisions that drive pleadings, discovery, law-and-motion, and case management in California state court practice.
Does this guide help with California discovery practice?
Yes. There is a dedicated discovery chapter with subparts that track major tasks and disputes — scope/right to discovery, discovery planning and preserving evidence, depositions, written discovery (interrogatories, requests for admission, inspection demands), physical/mental exams, expert witness disclosure, other discovery procedures, limited civil discovery, and discovery sanctions.
How does this guide handle pleadings and early dispositive motion strategy?
It separates pleadings from attacking the pleadings and then treats anti-SLAPP motions as its own chapter part — so you can move quickly from drafting/response strategy to procedural attacks and specialized early motion practice when your case warrants it.
What's the fastest way to confirm whether this guide covers my specific pretrial issue?
Use the table of contents structure as your first screening tool, because it breaks out pretrial procedure by the exact "problem sets" that drive California litigation budgets and briefing time. For example, the TOC specifically calls out Anti-SLAPP motions (Chapter 7, Part II), a detailed multi-subsection Discovery chapter (Chapter 8), and Summary Judgment and Summary Adjudication (Chapter 10).
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