单词 | Erie doctrine |
释义 | 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 |
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