1949 United States Supreme Court case
| Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co. | |
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 Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued April 20, 1949 Decided June 20, 1949 | |
| Full case name | Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co. |
| Citations | 337 U.S. 530 (more)69 S. Ct. 1233; 93 L. Ed. 1520; 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2147 |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Vinson, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Murphy, Jackson, Burton |
| Dissent | Rutledge |
Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co., 337 U.S. 530 (1949), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that federal courts sitting in diversity should begin the running of the statute of limitations for a claim according to state law instead of according to the federal rules of civil procedure. The court reasoned that a claim could not be given longer life in federal court than it would have had in a state court while being consistent with the holding in Erie Railroad v. Tompkins.
References
- Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 236.
External links
- Text of Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co., 337 U.S. 530 (1949) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress
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