Chin v. CHRYSLER LLC

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that state law governs substantive state law claims in a federal court when the court’s jurisdiction to hear those claims is based on supplemental or diversity jurisdiction
• where “no substantive provision of [a state’s] law was ever pled,” state fee-shifting statutes do not apply
• under the Erie doctrine, “if the matter is substantive, the court must apply the substantive law of the forum state”
• “When a district court’s jurisdiction is predicated on diversity of the parties, or when the court hears a state-law claim based on its supplemental jurisdiction ... the court must determine whether under Erie ... a matter is substantive or procedural.”
• scope of employment determined under Pennsylvania state law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Samuel-Bassett v. Kia Motors America, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-02· cited 451×
• Landsman & Funk PC v. Skinder-Strauss Associates
  Third Circuit· 2011-04-04· cited 91×
• Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. v. Peter J. McNulty Law Firm
  First Circuit· 2012-07-27· cited 70×
• Ponzini v. PrimeCare Medical, Inc.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2017-08-30· cited 42×
• Mid-American Salt LLC v. Morris County Cooperative Pric
  Third Circuit· 2020-07-06· cited 39×
• Williams v. Lockheed Martin
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-03-09· cited 29×
• Ramos v. Quien
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-11-18· cited 27×
• Knipe v. Smithkline Beecham
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-09-30· cited 21×
• Franco v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
  D. New Jersey· 2011-09-23· cited 14×
• Romero v. Allstate Insurance
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-03-17· cited 10×
• Kallman v. Aronchick
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-11-08· cited 10×
• NVR, Inc. v. Motorists Mut. Ins. Co.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-03-01· cited 7×
• Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. v. Minuteman Spill Response, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-12-16· cited 4×
• Fenwick v. Ranbaxy Pharm., Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2018-11-13· cited 3×
• Anthony v. Small Tube Manufacturing Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-09-30· cited 2×
• Pennsylvania Chiropractic Ass'n v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Ass'n
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-12-17· cited 2×
• E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2012-12-13· cited 1×
• Whitehouse v. Target Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 2012-01-30· cited 1×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-06-02· cited 8,668×
• Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 3,075×
• Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
  Supreme Court· 1945-06-18· cited 1,894×
• Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
  Supreme Court· 1945-10-08· cited 1,766×
• Delores Simmons, Administratrix of the Estate of Daniel La Friscoe Simmons v. The City of Philadelphia Police Officer A. Panati, Badge No. 2587
  Third Circuit· 1991-11-21· cited 436×
• Abrams v. Lightolier Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1995-03-24· cited 346×
• Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-15· cited 308×
• Graham v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 2005-01-12· cited 279×
• Berg Chilling Systems, Inc. v. Hull Corporation Sp Industries, Inc
  Third Circuit· 2006-01-31· cited 178×
• Mason v. City of Hoboken
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2008-07-22· cited 176×
• North Bergen Rex Transport, Inc. v. Trailer Leasing Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1999-06-23· cited 154×
• State v. Otis Elevator Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1953-03-16· cited 78×
• Boyd Rosene and Associates, Inc. v. Kansas Municipal Gas Agency, an Interlocal Municipal Agency City of Winfield, Kansas, a Municipality
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-04-13· cited 71×
• Chin v. Chrysler Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1998-09-11· cited 68×
• Tipton-Whittingham v. City of Los Angeles
  California Supreme Court· 2004-12-02· cited 62×
• Van Horn v. City of Trenton
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-07-16· cited 51×
• Du-Wel Products v. US Fire Ins.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1989-10-26· cited 50×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1995-12-29· cited 23×