Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1938-01-31 1938-02-01
gptkbp:citation	304 U.S. 64
gptkbp:date	1938-04-25
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Erie_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:docketNumber	367
gptkbp:event	gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Erie_Railroad_Company_v._Tompkins
gptkbp:heldBy	Federal courts must apply state substantive law in diversity jurisdiction cases.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
gptkbp:joinedBy	gptkb:Benjamin_N._Cardozo gptkb:Charles_Evans_Hughes gptkb:Owen_J._Roberts gptkb:Pierce_Butler gptkb:George_Sutherland gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone gptkb:James_Clark_McReynolds gptkb:Willis_Van_Devanter
gptkbp:legalImpact	Ended federal general common law in civil cases. Established Erie Doctrine.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Swift_v._Tyson
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Harry_Tompkins
gptkbp:refersTo	gptkb:Erie_Doctrine
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:United_States_federal_law gptkb:Federalism Civil procedure
gptkbp:subject	conflict of laws diversity jurisdiction federal common law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4