Legal Opinion
Liberty Synergistics Inc. v. Microflo Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 31, 2013No. Docket 12-108-cvPublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
On its face, this appeal involves a somewhat technical issue of federal appellate procedure — namely, whether we have jurisdiction under the “collateral order” doctrine to consider the merits of this interlocutory appeal. But a similarly difficult inquiry, which also bears on our analysis of the jurisdictional question, is whether the District Court properly applied governing choice-of-law principles under the Rules of Decision Act, see 28 U.S.C. § 1652, 1 as interpreted in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938) (“Erie…
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