Black and White Taxicab Company v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Company

Black and White Taxicab Company v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Company
the Supreme Court of the United States

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Black & White Taxicab Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab Co. , 276 U.S. 518 (1928), was a decision by the Supreme Court in which the Court refused to hold that federal courts sitting in diversity jurisdiction must apply state common law. Ten years later, in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, the Court reversed course, and overturned Swift. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Opinion of the Court

United States Supreme Court

276 U.S. 518

Black and White Taxicab Company v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Company

Argued: April 9, 1928. ---

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Messrs.N. P. Sims and John L. Stout, both of Bowling Green, Ky., for petitioner.

Mr. M. M. Logan, of Frankfort, Ky., for respondent.

[Argument of Counsel from page 521 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Justice BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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Black and White Taxicab Company v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Company

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