Legal Opinion
Adkins v. Wolever
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2009No. 07-1421PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
We reheard this case en banc to resolve a choice-of-law question: Does state law control a federal court’s imposition of sanctions as relief for spoliated evidence? The original panel, constrained by our earlier opinions that applied state law to determine whether spoliation sanctions were available, (see, e.g., Beck v. Haik, 377 F.3d 624, 641 (6th Cir.2004); Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Ford Motor Co., 174 F.3d 801, 804 (6th Cir.1999); Welsh v. United States, 844 F.2d 1239, 1245 (6th Cir.1988)), affirmed the district court’s denial of sanctions…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Jan M. Sexton Salmi v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Mark N. Silvestri v. General Motors Corporation, Dfendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Vodusek v. Bayliner Marine Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Glover v. Bic Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by177 opinions
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