Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:41_U.S._(16_Pet.)_1
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:date |
1842
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
|
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Swift_v._Tyson
|
| gptkbp:heldBy |
Federal courts exercising diversity jurisdiction do not have to apply state common law, only state statutory law.
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Swift v. Tyson
|
| gptkbp:legalSubject |
diversity jurisdiction
federal common law |
| gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy |
gptkb:Justice_Joseph_Story
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| gptkbp:overruledBy |
gptkb:Erie_Railroad_Co._v._Tompkins
1938 |
| gptkbp:predecessor |
federal common law doctrine
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Led to the Erie Doctrine after being overruled
|
| gptkbp:significance |
Established the doctrine that federal courts could create federal common law in diversity cases
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Erie_Railroad_Co._v._Tompkins
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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