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The outline is not intended to list every aspect of a topic mentioned. Although the test items for each MBE are developed from these categories, each topic is not necessarily tested on each examination.  \nCivil Procedure  \nNOTE: Examinees are to assume the application of (1) the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as currently in effect and (2) the sections of Title 28 of the U.S. Code pertaining to trial and appellate jurisdiction, venue, and transfer. Approximately two-thirds of the Civil Procedure questions on the MBE will be based on categories I, III, and V, and approximately one-third will be based on the remaining categories—II, IV, VI, and VII.  \nI. Jurisdiction and venue  \nA. Federal subject-matter jurisdiction (federal question, diversity, supplemental, and removal)  \nB. Personal jurisdiction  \nC. Service of process and notice  \nD. Venue, forum non conveniens, and transfer  \nII. Law applied by federal courts  \nA. State law in federal court  \nB. Federal common law  \nIII. Pretrial procedures  \nA. Preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders  \nB. Pleadings and amended and supplemental pleadings  \nC. Rule 11  \nD. Joinder of parties and claims (including class actions)  \nE. Discovery (including e-discovery), disclosure, and sanctions  \nF. Adjudication without a trial  \nG. Pretrial conference and order  \nIV. Jury trials  \nA. Right to jury trial  \nB. Selection and composition of juries  \nC. Requests for and objections to jury instructions  \nV. Motions  \nA. Pretrial motions, including motions addressed to face of pleadings, motions to dismiss, and summary judgment motions  \nB. Motions for judgments as a matter of law (directed verdicts and judgments notwithstanding the verdict)  \nC. Posttrial motions, including motions for relief from judgment and for new trial  \nVI. Verdicts and judgments  \nA. Defaults and dismissals  \nB. Jury verdicts—types and challenges  \nC. Judicial findings and conclusions  \nD. Effect; claim and issue preclusion  \nVII. Appealability and review  \nA. Availability of interlocutory review  \nB. Final judgment rule  \nC. Scope of review for judge and jury  \nConstitutional Law  \nNOTE: The terms “Constitution,”“constitutional,” and “unconstitutional” refer to the federal Constitution unless indicated otherwise. Approximately half of the Constitutional Law questions on the MBE will be based on category IV, and approximately half will be based on the remaining categories—I, II, and III.  \nI. The nature of judicial review  \nA. Organization and relationship of state and federal courts in a federal system  \nB. Jurisdiction  \n1. Congressional power to define and limit  \n2. The Eleventh Amendment and state sovereign immunity  \nCopyright © 2020 by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. All rights reserved.  \nMBE Subject Matter Outline | 1  \nConstitutional Law (continued)  \nC. Judicial review in operation  \n1. The “case or controversy” requirement, including the prohibition on advisory opinions, standing, ripeness, and mootness  \n2. The “adequate and independent state ground”  \n3. Political questions and justiciability  \nII. The separation of powers  \nA. The powers of Congress  \n1. Commerce, taxing, and spending powers  \n2. War, defense, and foreign affairs powers  \n3. Power to enforce the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments  \n4. Other powers  \nB. The powers of the president  \n1. As chief executive, including the “take care” clause  \n2. As commander in chief  \n3. Treaty and foreign affairs powers  \n4. Appointment and removal of officials  \nC. Federal interbranch relationships  \n1. Congressional limits on the executive  \n2. The presentment requirement and the president’s power to veto or to withhold action  \n3. Nondelegation doctrine  \n4. Executive, legislative, and judicial immunities  \nIII. The relation of nation and states in a federal system  \nA. 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