...the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in alt trials at Common Law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply." That is, the laws of the several States shall be rules of decision in the United States courts. That...

...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,...

...the phrase "Laws of the several states," in Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which provided that "the laws of the several states . . . shall be...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...

...the phrase "Laws of the several states," in Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which provided that "the laws of the several states . . . shall be...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,...

...constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...courts of the United States in cases where they apply." This "Rules of Decision Act" left it unclear whether state law was to govern procedure. The problem...

...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 Slates in cases where they apply.91 This "Rules of Decision Act" left it unclear whether state...

...the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decission in the trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.2 1 . Ellsworth wrote this phrase in the margin and then crossed it out. It appears to represent...

...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...Courts of the United States in cases where they apply While the First Congress may well have intended "laws of the several states" merely as a shorthand...

...law, it deals with the law of the State with equal authority however its function may be described. laws of the several States shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in Courts of the United States. An examination of the original document by a most competent hand...

...constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...of the United States in cases where they apply"); Warren, New Light on the History of the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789, 37 HARV. L. REV. 49 (1924)....