Legal Opinion · Dissent
Claudette Friez v. National Old Line Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1983No. 82-3255Published
1DissentWallace, Circuit Judge
We review the district court’s interpretation of state law based upon the clearly wrong standard. Camacho v. Civil Service Commission, 666 F.2d 1257, 1262 (9th Cir. 1982); S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense v. Boeing Co., 641 F.2d 746, 752 (9th Cir.1981); C.R. Fredrick, Inc. v. Borg-Warner Corp., 552 F.2d 852, 856 (9th Cir. 1977). I conclude that the district court’s interpretation of the Montana case law clearly is in error. We are bound to follow decisions of the highest state court in resolving diversity cases. Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 78, 58 S.Ct. 817, 822, 82 L.Ed.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- S. A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense (Varig Airlines), Plaintiff v. The Boeing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- C. R. Fedrick, Inc. v. Borg-Warner CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Carlos S. Camacho, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands v. Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Pelican v. Mutual Life InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1911
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