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...Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which provided that "the laws of the several states . . . shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States." I have not pursued the genealogy of the phrase, because whatever it is, the legitimacy...

...Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which provided that "the laws of the several states . . . shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courta of the United States." I have not pursued the genealogy of the phrase, because whatever it is,...

...the several states, except where the constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as...courts of the United States in cases where they apply." This "Rules of Decision Act" left it unclear whether state law was to govern procedure. The problem...

...the several states, except where the constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as...decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United Slates in cases where they apply.91 This "Rules of Decision Act" left it unclear whether state...

...the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decission in the trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.2 1 . Ellsworth wrote this phrase in the margin and then crossed it out. It appears to represent...

...the several states, except where the constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials of common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply."115 But in what diversity...

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