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Conflict Of Laws-Statute Of Limitations-State Statute Binding On Federal Court In Equity Case When Sole Ground Of Jurisdiction Is Diversity Of Citizenship, Samuel D. Estep S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws-Statute Of Limitations-State Statute Binding On Federal Court In Equity Case When Sole Ground Of Jurisdiction Is Diversity Of Citizenship, Samuel D. Estep S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendant trust company was trustee for enforcing the rights of noteholders of the Van Sweringen Corporation. When it became apparent that the Corporation could not meet its obligations, defendant company gave an option to noteholders to sell the notes for 50 per cent cash plus stock in the Van Sweringen Corporation. The donor from whom the plaintiff had received some of these notes as a gift had not accepted the exchange. Plaintiff brings suit for an alleged breach of trust. The circuit court of appeals held, reversing the summary judgment of the district court, "that in a suit brought on …
Federal Courts - Conflict Of Laws - Duty Of Federal Court To Apply State Conflict Of Laws Rules, Spencer E. Irons
Federal Courts - Conflict Of Laws - Duty Of Federal Court To Apply State Conflict Of Laws Rules, Spencer E. Irons
Michigan Law Review
In a suit on a contract brought in the United States District Court in Delaware, based on diversity of citizenship, the court allowed interest costs on the basis of the Civil Practice Act of New York where the contract was made. The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the ruling upon the ground that it was the best rule, without regard to the Delaware conflicts law. On certiorari, held reversed, on the ground that the doctrine of Erie Railroad v. Tompkins prohibits such an independent determination by the federal court of conflict of laws rules. Klaxon Co. …
Constitutional Law - Federal Courts - Law To Be Applied In Cases Of Diversity Of Citizenship - Swift V. Tyson Overrule, Frank B. Stone
Constitutional Law - Federal Courts - Law To Be Applied In Cases Of Diversity Of Citizenship - Swift V. Tyson Overrule, Frank B. Stone
Michigan Law Review
A recent personal injury case, Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, arose in the federal district court, based upon diversity of citizenship, in which the defendant urged that state judicial decisions of Pennsylvania, the locus delicti, imposed no liability on it for negligence to trespassers. The plaintiff denied that such was the Pennsylvania law and alternatively replied that the issue of law was one to be determined by the federal court without regard to the law of Pennsylvania. On April 25, 1938, a verdict for the plaintiff was unanimously set aside by the Supreme Court. Two members, Justices Butler and McReynolds, …