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Erie v. Tompkins and the Relationship Between Federal and State Courts

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Erie v. Tompkins evidences decentralizing trends in our federal system in two different ways—one fairly obvious and relatively orthodox; the other neither obvious nor orthodox, but probably the more significant. The first aspect may be touched upon very briefly and the ramifications of the second explored more fully.The obvious side of Erie v. Tompkins lies in its rejection of a common law of the United States available for application by the federal courts in diversity cases. This conception was given expression by Story in Swift v. Tyson, and has been followed in many, if not most, of the succeeding cases building upon and expanding Story's doctrine.

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  • Cole, Kenneth C., 1942. "Erie v. Tompkins and the Relationship Between Federal and State Courts," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 36(5), pages 885-895, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:36:y:1942:i:05:p:885-895_04
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