1941 United States Supreme Court case
| Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc. | |
|---|---|
 Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued May 1–2, 1941 Decided June 2, 1941 | |
| Full case name | Klaxon Company v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Company, Inc. |
| Citations | 313 U.S. 487 (more)61 S. Ct. 1020; 85 L. Ed. 1477; 1941 U.S. LEXIS 1298; 49 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 515 |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Reed, joined by unanimous |
Klaxon Company v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Company, 313 U.S. 487 (1941), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court applied the choice-of-law principles of Erie Railroad v. Tompkins to conflicts between laws of different states for cases sitting in federal court on diversity jurisdiction. The court held that a federal court sitting in diversity must apply the choice-of-law doctrine of the forum state to choose between the forum state's law and the other state's law (as distinguished from the federal choice-of-law doctrines which had been used before Erie).
See also
References
- Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 231
External links
- Text of Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co., 313 U.S. 487 (1941) is available from: Justia Library of Congress