The case Erie v. Tompkins, involving a man hit by a train in Pennsylvania, holds that federal courts must apply either state common law or state statutory law in resolving disputes between citizens of different states.

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This is the holding of the case Erie v. Tompkins. It overturned the previous practice of federal common law and instead required federal courts to apply the law of the state in which they were located.

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