Jay Hiatt v. Mazda Motor Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining “in a suit based on diversity of citizenship jurisdiction the federal courts apply federal law as to matters of procedure but the substantive law of the relevant state”
• “[F]ederal court must apply a Federal Rule to a matter within its scope even where it differs from a state rule and could lead to a different outcome.”
• we apply state substantive law and federal procedural law in diversity cases
• “The [Supreme] Court has stressed that federal courts must apply a Federal Rule to a matter within its scope even where it . . . could lead to a different outcome [in state court].” (citing Burlington N. R.R., 480 U.S. at 6)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).