Geris v. Burlington Northern, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Oregon procedure in a case involving a federal substantive claim
• “[S]tate courts are bound to follow federal substantive law but are free to follow their own practices as to matters which are strictly procedural.”
• “where the statute entrusts choices between alternate policies to [EFSC], its directive to adopt standards calls for agency articulation of these choices, and the procedures for public participation [in a rulemaking] take the place of the legislative forum”
• “[I]n cases arising under federal law * * * state courts are bound to follow federal substantive law but are free to follow their own practices as to matters which are strictly procedural.”
• “In cases arising under federal law, such as the [FELA] ⅜:|!⅜, state courts are bound to follow federal substantive law but are free to follow their own practices as to matters which are strictly procedural.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).