Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1938-01-31 1938-02-01 1938-02-02
gptkbp:citation	304 U.S. 64
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:Stanley_Reed gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkbp:date	1938-04-25
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Owen_Roberts gptkb:Pierce_Butler gptkb:James_Clark_McReynolds
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.
gptkbp:legalSubject	conflict of laws diversity jurisdiction federal common law
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Swift_v._Tyson
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:Erie_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Harry_Tompkins
gptkbp:significance	Established Erie Doctrine. Ended federal general common law in the United States.
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Erie_Railroad_Co._v._Tompkins
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins