...Judiciary Act of 1789, ch. 20, § 11, 1 Slat. 73, 78. " "[T]he laws of the several states . . . shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...courts of the United States in cases where they apply." Id. § 34, 1 Slat. at 92. M 16 US (13 Wheat.) at 221-23. " Id. at 221. M See Act of May 8, 1792, ch....

...case, in pursuance of Section 721 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which section provides that "The laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...

...the Senate also provided in Section 34 — what has come to be known as the Rules of Decision Act — that "the laws of the several States, except where...the courts of the United States in cases where they apply."76 In a further nod to the states, the Senate included a $500 jurisdictional minimum for the...

...111:16. 19. RD, 1o Cong., i sess., 1o16-17. Section 34 of the act of September 14, 1789, declared: "The laws of the several states, except where the...courts of the United States in cases where they apply." SAL, 1: 91. 1o. See, for example, RD, 1o Cong., 1 sess., 911, 919. 11. Ibid., 111o-11. 11. Ibid., 1114-15....

...Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which governed common-law trials in the federal courts, stated that "the laws of the several states, except where...provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials of common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply." In most legal areas, where...

...of problems of proof peculiar to the cases before the court. SECTION 12. The statutes and decisions of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States, or the charters or ordinances of Indian communities or orders of executive departments...

...Swift, the Supreme Court held that Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, Chapter 20, which provided that "[t]he laws of the several states, except where...regarded as rules of decision, in trials at common law, in cases where they apply", did not direct federal courts to follow state laws except those "strictly...

...federal courts. With regard to the last-named courts the Judiciary Act of 1789 section 34 2, requires that "the laws of the several states, except where...courts of the United States in cases where they apply". This section has been construed by the supreme court of the United States in the case of Swift vs....

...Act" bekannt gewordenen und bis heute nur leicht verändert fortgeltenden3'2 - Section 34 vor, dass „The laws of the several States, except where the constitution, treaties or Statutes of the United States otherwise shall require or provide, shall be regarded äs rules of decision in trials...

...by § 34 of the Federal Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789, c. 20, 28 USC § 725, which provides: The laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...