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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 | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erie Railroad v. Tompkins Anchor | 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 | green | “there is no federal general common law.” | 59 |
| 3 | Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. | green | “classification of a law as 'substantive' or 'procedural' for erie purposes is sometimes a challenging endeavor.” | 26 |
| 4 | Erie Railroad v. Tompkins | green | “there is no federal general common law,” | 20 |
| 5 | Paul Burke v. Air Serv International, Inc. | 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 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.