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Supreme Court· 2/25/2020

Rodriguez v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp.

Citations

  • 589 U.S. 132
  • 140 S. Ct. 713
  • 206 L. Ed. 2d 62

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that federal common law exists in “admiralty disputes and certain controversies between States”
  • “As this Court has put it, there is ‘no federal general common law.’” (quoting Erie, 304 U.S. at 78)
  • “In contexts 10 like [admiralty disputes and certain controversies between states], federal common 11 law often plays an important role.”
  • “In the absence of congressional authorization, common lawmaking must be ‘necessary to protect uniquely federal interests.’ ”
  • “[O]nly limited areas exist in which federal judges may appropriately craft the rule of decision.”
  • “Because [the company at issue] is incorporated in Delaware we apply Delaware law to the questions presented to us.”

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Judges: Neil Gorsuch

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