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... The Federal Reporter - Page 7051905Full view - About this book
| James Kent - 1873 - 820 pages
...states, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the Union otherwise required, should be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases jurisdiction of the military tribunals, in cases of crimes committed in the... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - 1873 - 504 pages
...constitution, treaties, and statutes of the United States require, or otherwise provide, shall bo rcg:irded as rules of decision, in trials at common law, in the courts of the United States, where they apply," 180] has uniformly been supposed, *by the Supreme Court, to be limited... | |
| 1874 - 778 pages
...or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rides of decision in trials at common law, in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply." The cases upon this subject are meagre and not satisfactory or in accord. In my judgment, it is clear... | |
| 1971 - 658 pages
..."the laws of the several states, except where [federal law] shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...the courts of the United States in cases where they apply".38 In 1842 this provision (known as the Rules of Decision Act) was interpreted in the case of... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 744 pages
...statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as the rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply ; and whereas by the laws of Virginia it is provided that in cases not capital the offender shall not... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - 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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