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Supreme Court· 2/5/1934

Murray v. Joe Gerrick & Co.

Citations

  • 291 U.S. 315
  • 54 S. Ct. 432
  • 78 L. Ed. 821
  • 1934 U.S. LEXIS 507
  • 92 A.L.R. 1259

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  • “If it were held that beneficiaries may sue, pursuant to the compensation law, we should have the incongruous situation that this law is in part effective and in part ineffective within the area under the jurisdiction of the federal government. Congress did not intend such a result.”
  • in causes of action occurring in a place subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the united States, 16 U.S.C. § 457 requires a federal court to apply “existing law, as declared from time to time by the state [within which] the cause of action occurred”

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Judges: Roberts

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