Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today’s topic in our “Listen and Learn” series is from Civil Procedure, specifically removal of a case from state to federal court.
In this episode we discuss:
- The definition and specifics of removal
- The reasons why some defendants would want to move their case to federal court
- What is needed for a defendant to motion to move a case to federal court?
- Establishing subject matter jurisdiction and diversity jurisdiction
- Federal abstention doctrines
- Analyzing three hypos from previous California bar exams
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Resources:
- “Listen and Learn” series
- Tutoring for Law School Success
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2003
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2014
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2016
- Podcast Episode 263: Listen and Learn – Subject Matter Jurisdiction
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