Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins
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| Date decided | 1938 |
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| Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
| Dissent | Butler |
| McReynolds | |
| Majority | Brandeis |
| Hughes | |
| Black | |
| Stone | |
| Concurrence | Reed |
| Subsequent | On remand, reversed, judgment directed for defendant, 98 F. 2d 49 (2nd Cir. 1938) |
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| ID | 1396776 |
About Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U. S. 64, is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that federal courts did not have the judicial power to create general federal common law when hearing state law claims under diversity jurisdiction.
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