Question
What describes the impact of the Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins case?(1 point)
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Litigants from different states may move their litigation from state court to federal court.
Litigants from different states may move their litigation from state court to federal court.
Federal courts must use federal common law for state litigants in federal court.
Federal courts must use federal common law for state litigants in federal court.
Litigants involved in federal litigation may move their case from federal court to a local state court.
Litigants involved in federal litigation may move their case from federal court to a local state court.
Federal courts must use the state law in question for state litigants in federal court.
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Litigants from different states may move their litigation from state court to federal court.
Litigants from different states may move their litigation from state court to federal court.
Federal courts must use federal common law for state litigants in federal court.
Federal courts must use federal common law for state litigants in federal court.
Litigants involved in federal litigation may move their case from federal court to a local state court.
Litigants involved in federal litigation may move their case from federal court to a local state court.
Federal courts must use the state law in question for state litigants in federal court.
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Federal courts must use the state law in question for state litigants in federal court.
(Erie overturned Swift v. Tyson, holding that in diversity cases federal courts must apply state substantive law rather than a federal general common law.)
(Erie overturned Swift v. Tyson, holding that in diversity cases federal courts must apply state substantive law rather than a federal general common law.)