Burlington Northern Railroad v. Woods

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a federal rule must be applied to matters within its scope if “it represents a valid exercise of Congress’ rulemaking authority”
• holding that Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 38, not state statute, controlled fee award on appeal in diversity case
• holding that federal rules answer a discovery question differently than a state statute, so the state statute does not apply in federal court
• recognizing that Rule 38 gives appellate court discretion to penalize appellant for filing frivolous appeal and compensate appellee for delay and expense of appeal
• finding that if the state and federal provisions have the same purpose they are coextensive
• identifying inquiry as whether a Federal Rule \occupies [a state rule's] field of operation\

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