Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.

Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 17, 1940 Decided January 13, 1941
Full case name	Sibbach v. Wilson & Company, Incorporated
Citations	312 U.S. 1 (more) 61 S. Ct. 422; 85 L. Ed. 479; 1941 U.S. LEXIS 1032
Prior history	Cert. to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Holding
In a diversity jurisdiction case, important and substantial procedures are considered "Procedural" not "Substantive" and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds Harlan F. Stone · Owen J. Roberts Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Frank Murphy
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts, joined by Hughes, McReynolds, Stone, Reed
Dissent	Frankfurter, joined by Black, Douglas, Murphy

Sibbach v. Wilson & Co., 312 U.S. 1 (1941), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that under American law important and substantial procedures are not substantive, rather they are still considered procedural, and federal law applies.

This was a post-Erie decision, and thus the decision whether to apply the law of the state of jurisdiction or uniform federal rules depended on whether the rule in question was procedural or substantive in nature.

External links

• Link to a summary of the case

See also

• Erie doctrine
• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 312