Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · ¶34

The doctrine of that case has been followed by this Court in an unbroken line of decisions. So far as appears, it was not questioned until more than 50 years later, and then by a single judge. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Baugh, 149 U. S. 368, 390. In that case, Mr. Justice Brewer, speaking for the Court, truly said (p. 373): “Whatever differences of opinion may have been expressed, have not been on the question whether a matter of general law should be settled by the independent judgment of this court, rather than through an adherence to the decisions of the state courts, but upon the other question, whether a given matter is one of local or of general law.”

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U. S. Reports, volume 304, at 64 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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