Erie doctrine

Erie doctrine
Erie doctrine /'ir-ē-/ n [from the Supreme Court case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, which resulted in definition of the doctrine]: a doctrine that a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction over a case for which no federal law is relevant must apply the law of the state in which it is sitting – called also Erie Rule; see also erie railroad co. v. tompkins in the important cases section

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

Erie doctrine
n.
A doctrine developed by the 1938 case Erie v. Tompkins stating that, except in matters governed by the Constitution of acts of Congress, in a federal case the court should apply the state law of the state in which the court is situated instead of applying federal common law.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


Erie doctrine
n. The legal doctrine requiring a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction over a state law issue to apply the substantive (as opposed to procedural) law of the state where the court is located.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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