In Erie Railroad Co

question 291

Multiple Choice

In Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, where Tompkins sued a New York company that owned a train that hit him in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court held that:

• A) federal common law did not exist in diversity-of-citizenship cases
• B) federal courts would apply federal common law in diversity-of-citizenship cases
• C) federal common law would be used when there was no diversity of citizenship
• D) federal common law takes precedence over state common law in all instances
• E) federal judges may order a case out of state court to "protect judicial integrity"

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A NO.

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