Law360, New York ( September 11, 2015, 10:25 AM EDT) -- Every law student learns the Erie doctrine: Federal courts sitting in diversity must apply the law of the state in which they are sitting, with the important corollary that a state's highest court is to have the final word on questions of state law.[1] Erie is a constitutional doctrine grounded in federalism and with the express goal of avoiding forum shopping between the federal and state courts. Under Erie, the law applied by a federal district court in a diversity case should be no different than that applied in the state trial court around the corner.[2]...
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