Western Pennsylvania National Bank, Successor Trustee Under the Will of William F. Sullivan, Deceased v. The American Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, a New Jersey Corporation, in No. 17,537. Western Pennsylvania National Bank, Successor Trustee Under the Will of William F. Sullivan, Deceased v. Northern Insurance Company, a New York Corporation, in No. 17,538’s Empirical Analysis
428 F.2d 1220 · 1970
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 1983
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Van Cure v. Hartford Fire Insurance · Western Pennsylvania National Bank v. American Insurance
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“we are governed by state substantive law as pronounced by the state's highest court,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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