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The Federal Equity Power, Michael T. Morley
The Federal Equity Power, Michael T. Morley
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Throughout the first century and a half of our nation’s history, federal courts treated equity as a type of general law. They applied a uniform, freestanding body of principles derived from the English Court of Chancery to all equitable issues that came before them, regardless of whether a case arose under federal or state law. In 1945, in Guaranty Trust Co. v. York, the United States Supreme Court held that, notwithstanding the changes wrought by the Erie Doctrine, federal courts may continue to rely on these traditional principles of equity to determine the availability of equitable relief, such as injunctions, …
The Law Of Nations And The Offenses Clause Of The Constitution: A Defense Of Federalism, Michael T. Morley
The Law Of Nations And The Offenses Clause Of The Constitution: A Defense Of Federalism, Michael T. Morley
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