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Guaranty Trust Co. v. York

Guaranty Trust Co. v. York, 326 U.S. 99 (1945)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1945
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In a diversity suit a federal court must apply state law, including a state statute of limitations, where doing otherwise would be 'outcome-determinative' and produce a result substantially different from that in the state court.

Area of Law

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