United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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body of procedural law court rule

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.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 237
federal rules of civil procedure 8
federal rules of procedure 3

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 ⓘ
surface form: United States courts of appeals (in certain respects)

United States district courts ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal courts
citationAbbreviation United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fed. R. Civ. P.
codifiedIn Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
surface form: Title 28 of the United States Code (appendix)
containsPart Rule 1 ⓘ
Rule 11 ⓘ
Rule 12 ⓘ
Rule 15 ⓘ
Rule 16 ⓘ
Rule 2 ⓘ
Rule 23 ⓘ
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rule 26

Rule 3 ⓘ
Rule 30 ⓘ
Rule 37 ⓘ
Rule 4 ⓘ
Rule 41 ⓘ
Rule 56 ⓘ
Rule 65 ⓘ
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 for appeals from district courts ⓘ
surface form: Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ
surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
replaced conformity to state procedure in law actions ⓘ
federal equity rules ⓘ
subjectTo congressional review ⓘ

Referenced by (268)

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Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure → influencedBy → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
District Court of Guam → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States district courts → usesProcedureRules → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Assistant United States Attorneys → governingRules → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
subject surface form: Assistant United States Attorney
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure → oversees → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → containsPart → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rule 26
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → containsPart → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rule 68
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → citationAbbreviation → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fed. R. Civ. P.
Land Acquisition Section → legalAuthority → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States in tax litigation → governedBy → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal rules of civil procedure
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York courthouse in White Plains → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts → relatedTo → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina → governingLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire → governingRules → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri → governingLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Eastern District of Oklahoma → follows → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of North Dakota → enforces → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of Columbia → subjectTo → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of South Dakota → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York → governingLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → subjectTo → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Western District of New York → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure → relatedTo → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of Vermont → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of Maryland → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal rules of civil procedure
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina → enforces → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → governingLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal rules of civil procedure
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal rules of procedure
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio → appliesLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure → relatedTo → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rules Enabling Act → basisFor → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rules Enabling Act → relatedTo → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Procedure
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → governingLaw → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Northern District of California → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Southern District of California → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California → uses → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington → appliesProcedure → United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure