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The Repressible Myth Of Shady Grove, Kevin M. Clermont Jul 2011

The Repressible Myth Of Shady Grove, Kevin M. Clermont

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This Article untangles the effects of the Supreme Court's latest word on the Erie doctrine, by taking the vantage point of a lower court trying to uncover the logical implications of the Court's new pronouncement. First, Shady Grove lightly confirms the limited role of constitutional constraints. Second, it sheds only a little light on judicial choice-of-law methodology. Third, by contrast, it does considerably clarify the conflict between Federal Rules and state law: if a Rule regulates procedure, then it is valid and applicable without exception in all federal cases, to the extent of its coverage; in determining the Rule's coverage, …


Plotting The Next "Revolution" In Choice Of Law: A Proposed Approach, Gary J. Simson Apr 1991

Plotting The Next "Revolution" In Choice Of Law: A Proposed Approach, Gary J. Simson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


A Rule Is A Rule Because It Is The Rule: Intellectual Crisis In Conflict Of Laws, E. F. Roberts Jan 1964

A Rule Is A Rule Because It Is The Rule: Intellectual Crisis In Conflict Of Laws, E. F. Roberts

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.