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KLAXON CO. v. STENTOR CO.

No. 741.

313 U.S. 487 (1941)

61 S.Ct. 1020

85 L.Ed. 1477

KLAXON COMPANY v. STENTOR ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Thomas Smith for petitioner.

Mr. Murray C. Bernays, with whom Messrs. Paul Leahy, Henry Gale, and Abraham Friedman were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal question in this case is whether in diversity cases the federal courts must follow conflict of laws rules prevailing in the states in which they sit. We left this open in Ruhlin v. New York Life Insurance Co., 304 U.S. 202, 208, n. 2. The frequent recurrence of the problem, as well as the conflict of approach to...

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