Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Public Service Taxi Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1949No. 2796PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, District Judge.
Defendant moves to set aside the verdict and the judgment entered thereon, for *56judgment in accordance with its motion for a directed verdict at the trial, and, in the alternative, for a new trial. The jury found for plaintiff in the sum of $4,500, and answered two interrogatories submitted by the court.1
Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship; the operative facts occurred in this district; the substantive law of Pennsylvania therefore controls. Erie R. R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188, 114 A.L.R. 1487.
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2Cases cited69 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Goddard v. Grand Trunk RailwaySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1869
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. JopesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. BrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Stewart v. . Brooklyn and Crosstown R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
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3Cited by4 opinions
- St. Michelle v. CataniaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- Schirra v. Delaware, L. & WR Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1952
- O'Brien v. Public Service Taxi Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Simpson v. Broadway-Manhattan Taxicab Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1962