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Civil Procedure Fall 2014
Section 9

What Law To Apply? Erie and Horizontal Choice of Law

Section Contents
9.1
Introduction to Choice of Law, Vertical and Horizontal
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9.2
Theoretical Background on Legal Formalism and Realism
9.2.1
William Fisher III, American Legal Education and Legal Theory in the Twentieth Century, in The Cambridge History of Law in America
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9.3
What Law to Apply While Sitting in Diversity Jurisdiction (aka “The Erie Problem”)
9.3.1
Swift and the the Erie Quartet
9.3.1.1
Introduction to the pre-Erie World
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9.3.1.2
Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
304 US 64
1938
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9.3.1.3
Case Note: Erie
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9.3.1.4
Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
326 US 99
1945
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9.3.1.5
Case Note: Guaranty Trust
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9.3.1.6
Three Important Cases Between York & Byrd
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9.3.1.7
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Elec. Cooperative Inc.
356 US 525
1958
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9.3.1.8
Case Note: Byrd
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9.3.1.9
Hanna v. Plumer
380 US 460
1965
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9.3.1.10
Case Note: Hanna
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9.3.2
Later developments
9.3.2.1
Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
446 US 740
1980
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9.3.2.2
Post-Walker Case: Burlington Northern v. Woods
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9.3.2.3
Stewart Organization Inc. v. Ricoh Corp.
487 US 22
1988
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9.4
Electronic Discovery [BRIEF LECTURE]
9.5
The Basics of Horizontal choice of law
9.5.1
Alabama Great Southern R. R. Co. v. Carroll
11 So. 803
1892
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9.5.2
Schultz v. Boy Scouts of Am.
65 NY 2d 189
1985
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9.6
Erie, moving cases, and choice of law
9.6.1
Cheat Sheet on Erie, Moving Cases, and Choice of Law
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9.6.2
Goldlawr, Inc. v. Heiman
369 U.S. 463
1962
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9.6.3
Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co.
313 US 487
1941
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9.6.4
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague
449 US 302
1981
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9.6.5
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
472 US 797
1985
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