Legal Opinion
King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 19, 1948No. 171PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
This is a suit to obtain payment of the proceeds of a $5,000 insurance policy. Federal jurisdiction is founded on diversity of citizenship, and, for present purposes, South Carolina law is controlling. We granted certio-rari 2 in order to determine whether the Circuit Court of Appeals’ refusal to follow the only South Carolina decision directly in point, the decision of a Court of Common Pleas, was consistent with the Rules of Decision Act 3 as applied in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U. S. 64 (1938), and subsequent cases.
The petitioner, Mrs. King, is the beneficiary of the policy ; her…
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- Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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