Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co.
Case Date: 05/19/2024
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Black & White Taxicab Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab Co. , 276 U.S. 518 (1928), was a decision by the US Supreme Court in which the Court refused to hold that federal courts sitting in diversity jurisdiction must apply state common law. Ten years later, in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, the Court reversed course, and overturned Swift.
It is most famous for the dissent of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr..
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