In Erie Railroad Co v. Tompkins, where Tompkins sued a New York company that owned a train that hit him in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court reversed the decision for Tompkins by the court of appeals because it held that:
a. applying the doctrine of Swift v. Tyson rendered impossible equal protection of the law
b. applying the doctrine of Swift v. Tyson rendered impossible avoidance of the in rem problem c. applying the doctrine of Swift v. Tyson created a substantial party problem
d. applying the doctrine of Swift v. Tyson created a diversity of citizenship problem e. none of the other choices are correct
a
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