Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · ¶36

Thereafter, as before, the doctrine was constantly applied. In Black & White Taxicab Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab Co., 276 U. S. 518, three judges dissented. The writer of the dissent, Mr. Justice Holmes, said, however (p. 535): “I should leave Swift v. Tyson undisturbed, as I indicated in Kuhn v. Fairmont Coal Co., but I would not allow it to spread the assumed dominion into new fields.”

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