Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Erie_Railroad_Company_v._Tompkins
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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.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins
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