Sharon L. Russell v. Salve Regina College, Sharon L. Russell v. Salve Regina College

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

On March 20, 1991, the Supreme Court entered judgment, 111 S.Ct. 1217 (1991), reversing our opinion and judgment dated November 20, 1990, 890 F.2d 484, and remanding the case to us for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court opinion.

In our previous opinion, we affirmed the judgment of the district court and held, “[i]n view of the customary appellate deference accorded to interpretations of state law made by federal judges of that state,” that the “district court’s determination that the Rhode Island Supreme Court would apply standard contract principles”…