Legal Opinion
Fast, Incorporated v. Shaner
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 6, 1950No. 10218_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is an action to recover damages for breach of contract. It is in federal court by reason of diversity of citizenship only. Therefore, our problems are to find, first, what state law is applicable and, second, to ascertain what that law is. The action was brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. We therefore apply the choice of law rules which a Pennsylvania court would apply.
The first agreement between the parties could have been found to have taken place as a result of interstate communication between the defendants in…
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- Schaefer v. Brunswick Laundry, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1936
- Ryan v. Brown Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1944
- Schwartz v. Hoffman Foundation, C., Corp.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1947
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