Federal courts are often called upon to resolve cases that turn upon the proper interpretation
of state law. But no federal court has the capacity definitively to resolve questions of state …

Federal courts have long been presented with cases in which they must ascertain and apply
state law. This situation most often arises when the courts exercise diversity jurisdiction to …

Federal courts of appeals often grant special deference to district court rulings on matters of
state law. 2 This practice is important. 3 It is also ill-conceived. This Article explores this" rule …

A federal court is frequently called upon to determine matters of state law. In such situations,
the federal court must divine how the state's high court would decide the state law question …

Key voices, most prominently that of Justice Neil Gorsuch, have embraced the position that
the Chevron doctrine, under which federal courts defer to an agency's reasonable …

There are certain important areas of the law that are only occasionally involved in actions
before that august court. On the rare occasions when-these areas do appear there, the …

Federal and state courts routinely interpret and apply each other's law. Federal courts must
apply state law under the Rules of Decision Act1 as construed in Erie Railroad Co. v …

That the election for President in 2000 was decided by a court surprised everyone. That the
election was decided by a federal court was even more surprising. But, the fact that three …

It is by now well accepted that when the United States Supreme Court changes its view on
an issue, state supreme courts' are generally free to retain the surpassed federal rule as a …

Disputes litigated in federal court frequently must be decided at least in part according to
state law. But the precise content of the state law at issue is not always clear. Sometimes …