A Virginia investor filed a diversity fraud action in the District of Delaware against a Delaware corporation two days before Delaware's limitations period expired. The complaint was filed on time under federal filing pr...
Citations: Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, Guaranty Trust Co. v. York, Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
A Pennsylvania patient sued a Delaware physician in federal court in Wilmington, invoking diversity jurisdiction and alleging Delaware medical negligence. Delaware law requires a plaintiff in a health-care negligence act...
Citations: Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, Hanna v. Plumer, Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
A former President is indicted in federal court for bribery and obstruction. Prosecutors subpoena recordings of Oval Office meetings from his term between the then-President and senior aides. The former President asserts...
Citations: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/418/683/, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/457/731/, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/520/681/, https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
...unds. Analyze Diego's arguments and likely remedies. This essay tests Delaware and federal speedy-trial analysis, including Barker factors and dismissal authority for undue delay. Delaware Superior Court Criminal Rule 48...
Citations: Delaware Superior Court Criminal Rule 48(b), Barker v. Wingo, Doggett v. United States, People v. Engram
...ersity action in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against the executor of a Delaware estate, alleging that the decedent negligently designed a warehouse loading platform in Wilmington. The pl...
Citations: Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, Hanna v. Plumer, Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, 28 U.S.C. section 2072
A New Jersey company won a Delaware-law trade secret verdict in the District of Delaware against a Delaware competitor. The jury awarded $9 million in compensatory damages. Delaware law allows a trial judge to disturb a...
Citations: Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc., Fed. R. Civ. P. 59
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