United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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The United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are a comprehensive set of rules governing civil litigation in U.S. federal courts, shaping how lawsuits are filed, conducted, and resolved.


Statements (73)
Predicate Object
instanceOf body of procedural law
court rule
2007RevisionType restyling for clarity
appliesToCaseType diversity jurisdiction cases in federal court
federal question cases in federal court
supplemental jurisdiction cases in federal court
appliesToCourtSystem United States courts of appeals (in certain respects)
United States district courts
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal courts
citationAbbreviation Fed. R. Civ. P.
codifiedIn Title 28 of the United States Code (appendix)
containsPart Rule 1
Rule 11
Rule 12
Rule 15
Rule 16
Rule 2
Rule 23
Rule 26
Rule 3
Rule 30
Rule 37
Rule 4
Rule 41
Rule 56
Rule 65
Rule 68
Rule 72
Rule 8
Rule 81
Rule 82
country United States of America
doesNotGovern criminal proceedings
state court proceedings
effectiveDate 1938-09-16
enablingStatute Rules Enabling Act
enablingStatuteCitation 28 U.S.C. § 2072
governs civil litigation in federal courts
procedure in civil actions
procedure in civil proceedings
governsTopic appeal-related procedures in district courts
class actions
commencement of actions
discovery
injunctions
joinder of parties
magistrate judge practice
motions
pleadings
post-trial motions
pretrial conferences
provisional remedies
service of process
summary judgment
trial procedure
hasAmendments multiple times since 1938
hasPurpose to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding
influenced state rules of civil procedure
influencedBy Federal Equity Rules of 1912
language English
legalSystem common law
majorRevisionYear 1966
1993
2007
organizedAs numbered rules
promulgatedBy Supreme Court of the United States
purposeStatedIn Rule 1
relatedTo Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
replaced conformity to state procedure in law actions
federal equity rules
subjectTo congressional review

Referenced by (94)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
District Court of Guam ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Alaska ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Colorado ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Delaware ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Montana ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Nevada ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of South Dakota ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of California ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ("United States federal rules of civil procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of California ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Western District of New York ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Western District of Oklahoma ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
uses
United States District Court for the District of Idaho ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Maryland ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Oregon ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of Vermont ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ("federal rules of civil procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York courthouse in White Plains ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ("federal rules of procedure")
appliesLaw
Rule 11 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 15 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 37 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 41 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 56 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 65 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 72 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 8 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 82 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
partOf
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
governingLaw
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 72 ("Rule 73 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rules Enabling Act ("Federal Rules of Procedure")
Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
relatedTo
United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
applies
Rule 41 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
Rule 65 ("Title 28 of the United States Code Appendix (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)")
Rule 8 ("Title 28 procedural rules (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)")
codifiedIn
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Rule 26")
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Rule 68")
containsPart
United States District Court for the District of North Dakota ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
enforces
Assistant United States Attorney ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
governingRules
Rule 72 ("United States federal civil procedure")
Rule 8 ("United States civil procedure")
legalSystem
United States District Court for the District of Columbia ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
subjectTo
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
appliesProceduralRules
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
appliesProcedure
Rules Enabling Act ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
basisFor
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Fed. R. Civ. P.")
citationAbbreviation
Rule 15 ("Fed. R. Civ. P. 15")
citationForm
Federal Equity Rules of 1912 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
followedBy
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
follows
United States in tax litigation ("federal rules of civil procedure")
governedBy
Federal Equity Rules of 1912 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
influenced
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure
influencedBy
Rule 65 ("Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
interactsWith
Land Acquisition Section ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
legalAuthority
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
oversees
Federal Equity Rules of 1912 ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure of 1938")
replacedBy
United States district courts ("Federal Rules of Civil Procedure")
usesProcedureRules

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