5.3 Diversity Actions in Federal Court
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5.3 DIVERSITY ACTIONS IN FEDERAL COURT
A federal court sitting in diversity applies the forum state's choice-of-law rules. 16
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[16] Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co., 313 U.S. 487, 494 (1941), cited in Taja Invs. LLC v. Peerless Ins. Co., 717 Fed. Appx. 190, 192 n.1 (E.D. Va. 2017); Resource Bankshares Corp. v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., 407 F.3d 631, 635 (4th Cir. 2005), cited in Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Bizzack Constr., LLC, 259 F. Supp. 3d 451, 456 (W.D. Va. 2017).
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