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

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

related portals: Supreme Court of the United States. 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. — Excerpted from Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co. on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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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