Legal Opinion
Brown v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 27, 1957No. 12062PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
Jurisdiction in this case is based on diversity of citizenship and jurisdic-. tional amount. Suit was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The operative facts occurred in Pennsylvania. There is no doubt that the substantive law of Pennsylvania governs. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co., 1941, 313 U.S. 487, 61 S.Ct. 1020, 85 L.Ed. 1477 and Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 1938, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188. Our difficulty lies in trying to ascertain the law of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiff, the widow and executrix of…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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3Cited by69 opinions
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- Drexel v. Union Prescription Centers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,198 Roy Huey v. Teledyne, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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