Nebraska Civil Procedure offers in-depth analysis of the procedural rules that govern the litigation of a civil action. Essential for Nebraska litigators as well as judges, it contains examples, explanations, practice pointers, and discussions of major cases.
Topics include:
- Jurisdiction and venue
- Statutes of limitations
- Parties, joinder, and class actions
- Pleadings and challenges to pleadings
- Service of process
- Interpleader and intervention
- Work product protection
- Discovery methods and sanctions
- Right to jury trial
- Jury selection, instructions, and verdict forms
- Directed verdicts and judgments notwithstanding the verdict
- New trial motions
- Default judgments
- Voluntary dismissals
- Grounds and procedures for vacating judgments
- Interlocutory injunctions
- Replevin and mandamus