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" 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... "
Commentaries on American Law - Page 364
by James Kent - 1866
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Reports of Decisions Rendered in the Circuit and District Courts ..., Volume 1

United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 670 pages
...follow if this question were to be governed by section 34 of the judiciary act of 1789, which provides 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...
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The American System of Government: Its Character and Workings, Its Defects ...

Ezra Champion Seaman - United States - 1870 - 304 pages
...the local municipal law. The 34th section of the judiciary act of the United States of 1789, provides 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...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 22

Law - 1880 - 554 pages
...local legislative enactments, are not "laws" within the meaning of the Federal statute, which provides that "the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 19

Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 954 pages
...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 U. States, in cases where they apply. By the act of 1828, it is provided that the rules of proceeding,...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Ohio, Volume 9

Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 556 pages
...decisions of the state courts of New York. In answer to that argument it was said: "That section provides ' 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...
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Supreme Court Workload: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice - Appellate courts - 1984 - 880 pages
...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...
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Supreme Court Workload: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice - Appellate courts - 1984 - 874 pages
...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,...
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Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: Statesman of the Old Republic

R. Kent Newmyer - History - 1985 - 516 pages
...administered in that forum. Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 addressed the question when it provided "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...
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Rules Enabling Act of 1985: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice - Court rules - 1985 - 366 pages
...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 where they apply." This "Rules of Decision Act" left it unclear whether state...
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The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States ..., Volume 4

Maeva Marcus - History - 1992 - 856 pages
...possibly even after the bill was recommitted on July 13. Enrolled Act [34.] And be it further enacted, 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...
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