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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 235 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Erie Railroad v. Tompkins.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Erie Railroad v. Tompkins Anchor
scotus · 1938
green “except in matters governed by the federal constitution or by acts of congress, the law to be applied in any case is the law of the state.” 125
2 Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
scotus · 1938
green “there is no federal general common law.” 59
3 Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
scotus · 1996
green “classification of a law as 'substantive' or 'procedural' for erie purposes is sometimes a challenging endeavor.” 26
4 Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
scotus · 1938
green “there is no federal general common law,” 20
5 Paul Burke v. Air Serv International, Inc.
cadc · 2012
green “the 'broad command of erie,' of course, is that 'federal courts are to apply state substantive law and federal procedural law' when sitting pursuant to their diversity jurisdiction.” 5

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