☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Erie Doctrine

The principle that federal courts sitting in diversity must apply the substantive law of the state in which they sit — state law governs the merits; federal law governs procedure.

Category: Common Law · Source: Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
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