Scott Dodson

UC Law, San Francisco

Distinguished Professor of Law

200 McAllister Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

United States

http://https://www.uclawsf.edu/people/scott-dodson/

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Scholarly Papers (83)

1.

Pleading Standards after Bell Atlantic v. Twombly

Virginia Law Review in Brief, Vol. 93, p. 135, 2007
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 578 (99,549)

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pleading, motion to dismiss, Rule 8, Rule 12, 12(b)(6), Bell Atlantic, Twombly, Gibson, Conley, no set of facts

2.

Literary Justice

18 Green Bag 2d 429 (2015)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2015
Scott Dodson and Ami Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco and UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 528 (111,458)

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literature, shakespeare, carroll

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New Pleading, New Discovery

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 109, p. 53, 2010, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-20
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 457 (132,662)
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Twombly, Iqbal, pre-suit discovery, presuit discovery, pre-complaint, pre-filing, pre-dismissal discovery, new pleading, Rule 8

4.

The Culture of Forum Shopping in the United States

57 International Lawyer 307 (2024)
, UC San Francisco Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Jan 2023
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 396 (156,733)
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jurisdiction, forum shopping, natural judge, personal jurisdiction, subject-matter

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Personal Jurisdiction and Aliens

116 Michigan Law Review 1205 (2018), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 249
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 09 May 2018
William S. Dodge and Scott Dodson
George Washington University - Law School and UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 360 (174,221)
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personal jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction, general jurisdiction, aliens, nicastro, bms, bristol-myers squibb, daimler, mcintyre

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Micro-Symposium: Top Ten Rankings of the U.S. Supreme Court

Green Bag 2d, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 425-463, 2015, George Mason Legal Studies Research Paper No. LS 15-24, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 156, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-22
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, UC Law, San Francisco, UC Law, San Francisco, University of Kentucky - J. David Rosenberg College of Law, Independent, Texas A&M University School of Law, Independent and Calloo Callay, Inc.
Downloads 354 (177,519)

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bibliography, Justices, legal scholarship, literature, mustaches, Twitter, U.S. News & World Report, U.S. Supreme Court, women and law

7.

Mandatory Rules

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 61, p. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 335 (188,447)

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jurisdicitonality, mandatory rule, jurisdiction, sovereign immunity, time to appeal

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Comparative Convergences in Pleading Standards

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 158, No. 441, 2010
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 316 (200,525)

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notice pleading, pleading standards, twombly, bell atlantic, fact pleading, rule 8, comparative civil procedure

9.

Jurisdiction and Its Effects

105 Georgetown Law Journal 619 (2017)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2017
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 285 (224,603)

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jurisdiction, standing, mootness, waiver, abstention, venue, FAA, personal jurisdiction, diversity, appellate, forum non conveniens

10.

A New Look: Dismissal Rates in Federal Civil Cases

96 Judicature 127 (2012), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 27
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2013
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 285 (223,744)
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Twombly, Iqbal, Twiqbal, Rule 12, motion to dismiss, dismissal, FJC

11.

The Challenge of Comparative Civil Procedure

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 60, p. 133, 2008
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 280 (227,845)

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comparative law, comparative procedure, civil procedure, american exceptionalism, punitive damages, twombly, pleading standards, case management

12.

A Model Code of Conduct for Student-Edited Law-Journal Submissions

67 Journal of Legal Education 734 (2018), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 253
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2018
Scott Dodson and Jacob Hirsch
UC Law, San Francisco and University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Students
Downloads 263 (242,823)

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submissions, law reviews, law journals, expedite, peer review

13.

Global Civil Procedure Trends in the Twenty-First Century

Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 35, 2011, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-68, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2011-11
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson and James Klebba
UC Law, San Francisco and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Downloads 254 (251,590)

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Iqbal, Twombly, civil procedure, comparative, civil law, managerial, convergence, exceptionalism, decodification, globalization, globalisation

14.

A Darwinist View of the Living Constitution

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 5, October 2008
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 254 (251,590)

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living constitution, darwin, evolution, legal evolution, metaphor, living constitutionalism, evolving standards of decency

15.

An Opt-In Option for Class Actions

115 Michigan Law Review 171 (2016), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 169
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2016
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 252 (253,571)

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rule 23, class action, ascertainability, opt-out, opt-in, rule amendment

16.

The Complexity of Jurisdictional Clarity

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 1, p. 1, 2011, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-53
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 247 (258,705)

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Jurisdiction, Jurisdictionality, Clarity, Discretion, Rules, Standards, Uncertainty, Jurisdictional Rules, Shapiro, Redish, Well-Pleaded Complaint

17.

Federal Pleading and State Presuit Discovery

14 Lewis & Clark Law Review 43 (2010), William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-44
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 235 (271,578)

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presuit, pre-suit, pre-complaint, pre-filing, rule 27, Twombly, Iqbal, pleading

18.

Hybridizing Jurisdiction

California Law Review, Vol. 99, 2011, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-94
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 233 (273,820)

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bowles, jurisdiction, jurisdictionality, mandatory rules, mandatory, muchnick, 2107, finality, hybridization, hybrid, hybridizing, teague, sovereign immunity, precondition, mootness, incorporation, trigger, triggers

19.

In Search of Removal Jurisdiction

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 102, p. 55, 2008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 231 (276,161)

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jurisdiction, removal, forum defendant, local defendant, 1441(b)

20.

The Complexities of Consent to Personal Jurisdiction

113 California Law Review (expected 2025), UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2024
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 213 (298,301)

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Personal jurisdiction, mallory, consent, forum selection, pennsylvania fire, norfolk southern

21.

Accountability and Transparency in U.S. Courts

in Accountability and Transparency in Civil Justice 273 (Daniel Mitidiero ed. Thompson Reuters 2019)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 212 (299,655)

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Plaintiff Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Transfer

117 Michigan Law Review 1463 (2019), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 300
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 16 May 2019
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 211 (300,955)

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venue, mdl, personal jurisdiction, 1404, 1407, rule 4

23.

Joint and Several Jurisdiction

65 Duke Law Journal 1323 (2016)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2016
Scott Dodson and Philip A. Pucillo
UC Law, San Francisco and Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 209 (303,711)

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diversity, Allapattah, 1332, jurisdiction, Caterpillar, Strawbridge, complete diversity, diversity jurisdiction, time-of-filing

24.

Brief of Thirty-Four Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellants in Altera Corp. v. Papst Licensing GMBH

Southwestern Law School Research Paper No. 2015-25
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2021
Southwestern Law School, University of Connecticut School of Law, Tulane University - Law School, Creighton University School of Law, Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Rutgers Law School, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, UC Law, San Francisco, University of Kentucky - J. David Rosenberg College of Law, Elon University School of Law, University of California, Davis, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV, Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of Baltimore - School of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, Catholic University of America (CUA) - Columbus School of Law, Stanford Law School, UC Hastings Law, University of Georgia School of Law, St. Mary's University - School of Law, St. Thomas University - School of Law, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Center for Intellectual Property & Innovation, Michigan State University College of Law, South Texas College of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Washington and Lee University - School of Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), Florida International University (FIU) - College of Law, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Student/Alumni/Adjunct
Downloads 206 (307,879)

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patent, declaratory judgment, jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, patent assertion entity, minimum contacts

25.

The Gravitational Force of Federal Law

164 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 703 (2016), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 134
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2016
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 198 (319,445)

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gravity, gravitational, federalism, following, federal rules, bowers, marriage, title vii,

26.

The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 144
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 22 May 2015
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 195 (323,917)

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Ginsburg, VMI, Supreme Court, Justices, Legal Legacy, Sex Discrimination, Gender Discrimination

27.

Personal Jurisdiction and Aggregation

113 Northwestern University Law Review 1 (2018), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 273
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2018
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 189 (333,424)
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personal jurisdiction, bristol-myers squibb, aggregation, joinder, class actions, mdl, multidistrict litigation, daimler

28.

The Zooming of Federal Civil Litigation

104:3 Judicature 13 (2020), UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
Scott Dodson, Lee Rosenthal and Christopher Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and Bracewell LLP
Downloads 182 (345,095)

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zoom, remote technology, venue, personal jurisdiction, discovery conference, pretrial conference, pandemic, COVID-19, coronavirus, depositions, oral argument

29.

California's View of 'Related to' Specific Jurisdiction

2016 California Litigation Review 91 (2017), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 234
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 24 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 177 (353,714)

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international shoe, personal jurisdiction, bristol-myers, california, minimum contacts

30.

Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction

69 Duke Law Journal 267 (2019), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 317
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 171 (364,583)

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Diversity, Jurisdiction, 1332, Aggregation, Bias, State Bias

31.

Article III and the Political-Question Doctrine

116 Northwestern University Law Review 681 (2021), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 396
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2021
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 162 (382,041)

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political-question doctrine, rucho, article III, political question

32.

The Short Paper

63 Journal of Legal Education 667 (2014)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 31 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 03 May 2014
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 161 (383,993)

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short paper, plus piece, legal scholarship, article length, short essay, scholarship

33.

The Making of the Supreme Court Rules

90 George Washington Law Review 866 (2022), UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 153 (401,062)

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court reform, rulemaking, supreme court, supreme court rules, court rules

34.

Presuit Discovery in a Comparative Context

6:2 Journal of Comparative Law 51 (2012)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2013
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 151 (405,411)

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Iqbal, pleading, comparative, CPR, presuit, pre-suit, preaction, pre-action, discovery, disclosure, common-law, procedure, Rule 27, 31.16, search order, Norwich

35.

Rethinking Extraordinary Circumstances

106 Northwestern University Law Review 377 (2012), William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-170
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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Ackermann, 60(b)(6), Rule 60, extraordinary circumstances, exceptional circumstances, aikens, relief from judgment

36.

The Failure of Bowles v. Russell

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 43, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 130 (456,892)

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jurisdictionality, bowles, time limits, notice of appeal

37.

Mapping Supreme Court Doctrine: Civil Pleading

Federal Courts Law Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 275, 2014, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 102, University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-06
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 20 May 2015
Scott Dodson and Colin P. Starger
UC Law, San Francisco and University of Baltimore - School of Law
Downloads 128 (462,442)

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video article, video project, Twombly, iqbal, twiqbal, Rule 8, pleading, vimeo, conley, leatherman, swierkiewicz, skinner, matrixx, papasan, dura, broudo




38.

Party Subordinance in Federal Litigation

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 1, 2014, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 81
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2015
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 128 (462,442)
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private ordering, procedure, customization, forum selection, personal jurisdiction, arbitration, FAA, inherent power, waiver, forfeiture, consent, stipulation, venue, jury demand

39.

Cooperativism in the American Adversarial Tradition

40 Civil Justice Quarterly 283 (2021), UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2023
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 127 (465,217)

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cooperativism, cooperate, cooperation, adversarialism, adversarial litigation, managerialism, discovery

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Subclassing

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 27, p. 2351, 2006
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 125 (470,987)

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class action, subclassing, issue class, civil procedure, Rule 23, federal rules, amchem

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Preliminary Report on Class-Action Settlement Distributions in the Northern District of California

UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Jun 2023
Brandon Prince, Vaughn R Walker and Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco, UC Law, San Francisco and UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 120 (486,215)

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class actions, settlements, settlement administration, settlement distributions

42.

Personal Jurisdiction, Comparativism, and Ford

51 Stetson Law Review 187 (2022) (symposium)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2022
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 119 (489,279)

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personal jurisdiction, ford, general jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction, jurisdiction to adjudicate, bms, walden

43.

Structuring Jurisdictional Rules and Standards

65 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 31 (2012), University of Toledo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-21
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2013
Scott Dodson and Elizabeth Y. McCuskey
UC Law, San Francisco and Boston University - School of Public Health
Downloads 116 (498,859)

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jurisdiction, grable, mottley, well-pleaded, jurisdictional, rules, standards, abstention, federal question

44.

Videoconferencing and Legal Doctrine

51 Southwestern Law Review 9 (2021) (symposium), UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 May 2021 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 115 (502,071)

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pandemic, COVID, COVID-19, videoconferencing, remote technology, personal jurisdiction, venue, proportionality, discovery, depositions, rule 45

45.

Personal Jurisdiction in Comparative Context

American Journal of Comparative Law, Forthcoming , UC Hastings Research Paper No. 397
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2020
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 114 (505,351)
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personal jurisdiction, brussels i recast, judgments project, jursidiction to adjudicate

46.

Jurisdictionality and Bowles v. Russell

Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, Vol. 102, p. 42, 2007
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 07 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 111 (515,405)

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bowles, jurisdiction, jurisdictionality, appeal, 2107, rule 4, frap 4

47.

Why Do In-State Plaintiffs Invoke Diversity Jurisdiction?

Law & Social Inquiry (Forthcoming), UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 May 2023 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2024
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 105 (536,791)

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diversity, jurisdiction, state bias, survey

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Rule 4 and Personal Jurisdiction

99 Notre Dame Law Review 1 (2023), UC San Francisco Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2023
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 105 (536,791)

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Rule 4, personal jurisdiction, service, process

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Justice Souter and the Civil Rules

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 88, p. 289, 2010, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-45
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 98 (563,388)

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Souter, Twombly, Iqbal, Twiqbal, Mayle, Ortiz, Bowles, Casey

50.

A Revolution in Jurisdiction

in The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Scott Dodson ed. Cambridge 2015)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Mar 2016
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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ginsburg, jurisdiction, resequencing, caterpillar, jurisdictionality, supreme court

51.

Jurisdiction in the Trump Era

87 Fordham Law Review 73 (2018), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 274
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2018
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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Personal Jurisdiction, Diversity, Trump

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Should the Rules Committees Have an Amicus Role?

104 Virginia Law Review 1 (2018), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 279
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2018
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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twombly, iqbal, twiqbal, advisory committee, federal rules, standing committee, rules committee, solicitor general, amicus, dukes, rule 8, rule 23

53.

When Does State Law Affect Federal Jurisdiction?

43 Review of Litigation 117 (2024), UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 02 Aug 2023
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 84 (619,837)
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jurisdiction, diversity, 1332, ouster

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Appreciating Mandatory Rules: A Reply to Critics

Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, Vol. 102, p. 228, 2008
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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Bowles, Colloquy, Poor, Dane, Burch, time to appeal, notice of appeal, jurisdictionality, mandatory

55.

Judicial Jurisdiction and Competence

in HANDBOOK ON COMPARATIVE CIVIL PROCEDURE (Edward Elgar 2024), UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2025
Scott Dodson and Sebastian Spinei
UC Law, San Francisco and Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Downloads 80 (637,446)

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personal jurisdiction, jurisdiction, competence

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A Closer Look at New Pleading in the Litigation Marketplace

99:2 Judicature 11 (Autumn 2015)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2015
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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pleading, Twombly, Iqbal, Twiqbal, FJC, Rule 8, plausibility

57.

Atlantic Marine and the Future of Party Preference

66 Hastings Law Journal 675 (2015), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 112
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2015
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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atlantic marine, party subordinance, venue, transfer, 1404, 1406, forum selection, forum-selection, venue selection, prelitigation, privatized procedure, customized procedure

58.

A Negative Retrospective of Rule 23

92 New York University Law Review 917 (2017), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 227
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2017
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 73 (670,347)
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Class Action, Rule 23, Rulemaking, Advisory Committee, Amchem, Dukes, 1966 Amendments

59.

A Critique of Jurisdictionality

39 Review of Litigation 355 (2020)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2020
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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jurisdictionality, jurisdiction, hamer

60.

The Peculiar Federal Marriage Amendment

Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 36, p. 783, 2004
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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federal marriage amendment, marriage protection amendment, Lawrence, gay marriage, same-sex marriage, constitutional thematics

61.

The Supreme Court and Public Opinion

111 Iowa Law Review (forthcoming 2025)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Jan 2025
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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supreme court, marbury, cherokee cases, bush v. gore, lawrence v. texas, brown v. board, court packing

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The Missing Millions: Cy Pres in Federal Securities Class Actions

74 Emory Law Journal 1 (2024), UC Law San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2024
Scott Dodson and Joseph Grundfest
UC Law, San Francisco and Stanford Law School
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cy pres, rule 23, class actions, class settlement, settlement administration

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Amicus Brief in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, No. 11-1231

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 15 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 66 (706,854)
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Sebelius, Auburn Regional, medicare, health care, equitable tolling, jurisdiction, jurisdictional, jurisdictionality

64.

Parsing Judicial Activism

16 Green Bag 2d 457 (2013)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 22 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2013
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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judicial activism, Sherry, micro-symposium, microsymposium, Green Bag

65.

Texas v. Pennsylvania and the Political-Question Doctrine

2021 University of Illinois Law Review Online 141, UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2021
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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texas v. pennsylvania, political question, political-question doctrine, electors, electors clause, 2020 election

66.

Jam v. International Finance Corp.

113 American Journal of International Law 805 (2019), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 347
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2019
Chimène Keitner and Scott Dodson
University of California Davis School of Law and UC Law, San Francisco
Downloads 63 (723,766)

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FSIA, IOIA, foreign sovereign immunity, jam, international organizations

67.

Constitutional Allocations of Judicial Authority

in 5 Comparative Procedural Law and Justice, ch. 1 (Burkhard Hess, Margaret Woo, Loic Cadiet, Severine Menetrey, and Enrique Vallines eds., International Association of Procedural Law 2024), UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2024
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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Comparative law, comparative constitutions, comparative procedure, case allocation, judicial allocation, judicial structure, territorial jurisdiction, territorial competence, subject matter, jurisdiction

68.

Constitutional Thematics and the Peculiar Federal Marriage Amendment

BYU Journal of Public Law, Vol. 20, p. 233, 2006 (Symposium)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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Federal Marriage Amendment, federalism, gay marriage, Marriage Protection Amendment

69.

Public Comment of Scott Dodson to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States

UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 Sep 2021
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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supreme court rules, presidential commission, supreme court

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Defending Jurisdiction

59 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. Online 85 (2018), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 291
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 May 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2018
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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Jurisdictionality, Jurisdiction, Arbaugh

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Brief of Professor Scott Dodson as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party in Fort Bend County v. Davis, S. Ct. No. 18-525

Amicus Curiae, Supreme Court of the United States, 2019
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Mar 2019
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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jurisdictionality, jurisdiction, title vii, exhaustion, fort bend county

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rule 4, bowles, appellate jurisdiction, jurisdiction, 2107, subject-matter jurisdiction

73.

Restoring Chevron Deference by Statute

76 Duke Law Journal (forthcoming 2026) and Duke Law Journal Online
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2025
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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chevron, loper bright, administrative law, aedpa, deference, agency deference

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The 2016 Presidential Election: The Next Four Years and Beyond

44 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 255 (2017)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 May 2017
Independent, University of Virginia School of Law, UC Law, San Francisco and UC Law, San Francisco
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Trump, 2016 Election

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Tempering Class-Action Hyperpartisanship

Law & Society Review, 2020, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 395
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2020
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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book review, conservativism, class actions

76.

Transcultural Courts

International Association of Procedural Law Annual Meeting (2024)
, UC Law San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Aug 2024
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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transcultural, indigenous, multiculturalism

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Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Harrow v. Department of Defense

UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2024
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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Federal Circuit, 7703, Jurisdictionality, Certiorari

78.

How Economic Downturns Affect Legal Markets 

31 International Journal of the Legal Profession 247 (2024)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2025
Max Bilsborough and Scott Dodson
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and UC Law, San Francisco
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economic downturns, legal profession

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The Irrelevance of Jurisdictionality in Fort Bend County v. Davis

1 Courts & Justice Law Journal 16 (2019), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 358
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2019
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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jurisdictionality, fort bend county, title vii, exhaustion, jurisdiction

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Reply Brief for Petitioner, Harrow v. DOD, No. 23-21

UC Law San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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jurisdiction

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Brief for Petitioner, Harrow v. Department of Defense

UC San Francisco Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Feb 2024
UC Law, San Francisco, BERGER MONTAGUE PC, PROSKAUER ROSE LLP and PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
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jurisdiction, mspb, federal circuit, deadlines, time bars

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Amicus Brief in Riley v. Garland (S. Ct. 2025)

Amicus Brief of Center for Litigation and Courts in Support of Neither Party, Riley v. Garland, No. 23-1270 (S. Ct. 2025)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 Mar 2025
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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jurisdictionality

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Personal Jurisdiction and Federalism

103 Washington University Law Review 1 (2025)
Number of pages: 60
Scott Dodson
UC Law, San Francisco
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personal jurisdiction, federalism, horizontal federalism, interstate federalism, long arm, mallory, consent

Other Papers (1)

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1.

FRCP 8 Pleading: Supreme Court Doctrine 1957-2011

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 08 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2014
Scott Dodson and Colin P. Starger
UC Law, San Francisco and University of Baltimore - School of Law
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Twombly, Iqbal, Twiqbal, pleading, Rule 8, Conley, Swierkiewicz, Papasan, Broudo, Matrixx, Skinner, plausibility