Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.
Appearance
Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co. | |
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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.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 236.
External links
[edit]- Text of Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co., 337 U.S. 530 (1949) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress