Legal Opinion
William A. Porter v. W. Francis Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1970No. 22516PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a troublesome problem concerning full faith and credit (Art. IV, § 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1738), and the doctrine of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938).
Plaintiff-appellants William A. Porter and his two sisters, Pearline Porter and Pauline Leonard, doing business as Continental Hotels System, a co-partnership, filed this diversity action in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona to quiet title to the Arizona Hotel, located in Phoenix, Arizona, against an adverse claim asserted by…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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