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ROBERTSON v. WEGMANN

No. 77-178.

436 U.S. 584 (1978)

98 S.Ct. 1991

56 L.Ed.2d 554

ROBERTSON v. WEGMANN, EXECUTOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm W. Monroe argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Eberhard P. Deutsch.

Respondent Edward F. Wegmann argued the cause and filed a brief pro se.*

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In early 1970, Clay L. Shaw filed a civil rights action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Four years later, before trial had commenced, Shaw died. The question presented is whether the District Court was required to adopt as federal law a Louisiana survivorship statute, which would have caused this action to abate, or was free instead to...

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