Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that the United States does not...

from the Supreme Court landmark decision in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938). The case overturned Swift v. Tyson, which allowed federal judges sitting...

Louis Brandeis Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936) (concurring) Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938) (majority) Gilbert v. Minnesota (1920) (dissenting)...

The Erie Railroad (reporting mark ERIE) was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey...

beyond the purview of federal preemption. Under the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), federal courts cannot dictate law to states on pure...

general common law. In 1938, this decision was overruled by Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, which dispensed with the concept of federal general common...

v. Tyson (1842) originally read this Act of Congress as limited to state statutory law, but later overturned Swift in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938)...

common law is mostly governed by state law, especially after Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), restitution is mostly determined by the law of each...

Schiedt, 293 U.S. 474 (1935). However, Dimick was decided before Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), which given the rarity of additur makes it unclear whether...

state common law. Ten years later, in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, the Court reversed course, and overturned Swift v. Tyson. It is most famous for the dissent...

the decision was overruled almost a century later by Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins. Luther v. Borden, 48 U.S. 1 (1849) Established the political question...

Supreme Court History Vol. 39 (2014) 186. Swift v. Tyson, 41 U.S. 1, 19 (1842). Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938). R. Kent Newmeyer, Supreme...

United States Supreme Court, first distinguished the case from Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, holding that because the U.S. government was exercising a...

judicial review. Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938): In a 5–2 decision written by Justice Brandeis, the court established the Erie doctrine, which requires...

in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938). By way of contrast, other English-speaking federations like Australia and Canada never adopted the Erie doctrine...

requisite amount. The United States Supreme Court determined in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938) that the law to be applied in a diversity case would...

Tompkins was crushed by an Erie Railroad train. This resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, which laid the foundation...

actions. Foman v. Davis Subpoena duces tecum Subpoena ad testificandum Swift v. Tyson, 41 U.S. (16 Pet.) 1 (1842). Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S....

individuals on death row. As the U.S. Supreme Court recognized in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), no part of the federal Constitution actually grants...

Curtiss, 7 U.S. (3 Cranch) 267 (1806). Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938). Text of Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis, 519 U.S. 61 (1996) is available...

majority opinion further refining the doctrine set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins. The Erie Doctrine, adopted in 1938, held that while Federal law...

universities. 1938 – U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law. 1944 – The United...

under a doctrine known as the "reverse-Erie doctrine." The Erie doctrine, derived from Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, directs that federal courts hearing...

resident, Harry Tompkins, was crushed by an Erie Railroad train. This resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, which laid the...

federal common law. In 1938, in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), the Supreme Court overruled Swift v. Tyson. As Justice Brandeis wrote:...

criticized this trend as anti-democratic. Under the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), there is no general federal common law. Although federal...

corporate lawyer in New York state. He argued the landmark case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins before the United States Supreme Court in 1938. "Ivy League...

Davis Polk he worked on the landmark US Supreme Court case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins. He retired in 1980. Gillespie was a member of the Association...

The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the...

Supreme Court of the United States in Erie Railroad v. Tompkins (1938), overturned Joseph Story's decision in Swift v. Tyson, federal courts exercising diversity...