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Ferens Vs. John Deere Co.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 05, 1990

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  1. Piper Aircraft Co. Vs. Reyno US Supreme Court · Dec 08, 1981
  2. Gulf Oil Corp. Vs. Gilbert US Supreme Court · Mar 10, 1947
  3. Van Dusen Vs. Barrack US Supreme Court · Mar 30, 1964
  4. Guaranty Trust Co. Vs. York US Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1945
  5. GriffIn Vs. Mccoach US Supreme Court · Jun 02, 1941
  6. Ferens v. John
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  7. Deere Co. - 494 U.S. 516 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Ferens v. John
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  8. Deere Co., 494 U.S. 516 (1990) Ferens v. John
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  9. petitioners knew that the federal court had to apply the Mississippi state courts' choice-of-law rules, Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  10. statute of limitations, ruling that, since petitioners had moved for transfer as plaintiffs, the rule in Van Dusen v. Barrack
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  11. otherwise proper. Applying the transferor law in these circumstances is in full accord with the rule in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  12. a) (1982 ed.). In Van Dusen v. Barrack
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  13. were proper. The Ferenses sued Deere in the District Court in Mississippi because they knew that, under Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  14. Louisiana & Mississippi R. Transfer Co. v. Long
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  15. Invoking the 2-year limitations period set by Pennsylvania law, the District Court dismissed their tort action. Ferens v. Deere
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  16. s statute of limitations would violate due process, because Mississippi had no legitimate interest in the case. Ferens v. Deere
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  17. Co., 819 F.2d 423 (1987). We vacated this decision and remanded in light of Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman
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  18. laws of another State without violating either the Full Faith and Credit Clause or the Due Process Clause. Ferens v. Deere
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  19. state law advantages, although perhaps discernible in the legislative history, has its real foundation in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  20. the federal system and the concomitant integrity of the separate States. We explained Erie in Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
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  21. outcome of a litigation, as it would be if tried in a State court. The nub of the policy that underlies Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  22. In Hanna v. Plumer
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  23. Continental Grain Co. v. Barge
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  24. a) may preempt state law. See Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh
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  25. instead, under Erie, the federal courts had to replicate them. See Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  26. Some might think that a plaintiff should pay the price for choosing an inconvenient forum by being put to a choice of law v. forum
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  27. ed.). In Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  28. State in which it sits, both statutory law and common law established by the courts. Three years later, in Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  29. Id. at 313 U. S. 496 . See also Griffin v. McCoach
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  30. Page 494 U. S. 534 Klaxon, see 62 Stat. 937, we have repeatedly reaffirmed Klaxon since then. See Nolan v. Transocean
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  31. Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. Challoner
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  32. a) on plaintiff's motion. In Van Dusen v. Barrack
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  33. citing Justice Jackson's eloquent remarks on that subject in Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
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  34. pay the price for choosing an inconvenient forum by being put to a choice of law v. forum
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  35. plaintiff-initiated transfer, does not confer upon the defendant the advantage of forum shopping for law, Van Dusen v. Barrack
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  36. U.S. Supreme Court Ferens v. John
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  37. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  38. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  39. In Van Dusen v. Barrack
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  40. Ferens v. Deere
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  41. of Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman
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  42. the Due Process Clause. Ferens v. Deere
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  43. See Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh
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  44. See Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  45. In Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  46. See Nolan v. Transocean
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