Swift v. Tyson

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Swift v. Tyson was an 1842 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed federal courts in diversity cases to apply a general federal common law instead of state common law, a practice later rejected by the Erie doctrine.

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Erie doctrine overruledPrecedent Swift v. Tyson