 that the laws of 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 at common law in the courts of the United States in cases...  United States Supreme Court Reports - Page 318by United States. Supreme Court - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1915 - 1120 pages
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 | Maeva Marcus - Law - 1992 - 321 pages
...the several states, except where the constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as...the courts of the United States in cases where they apply."1 Unraveling the ambiguities inherent in the Judiciary Act, over the forty-odd years of its... | |
 | Stanley M. Elkins, Eric McKitrick - History - 1995 - 952 pages
...was brought. This, plus the provision in Section 34 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," would in effect prevent the development of a body of national common law. Consequently... | |
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