The Silent Sovereign: Tipping the Scales in Reverse-Erie Applications of Indian Law
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Date
2012
Authors
Van Wieren, Amanda
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Publisher
University of Oregon School of Law
Abstract
Part I of this Comment describes the framework that the Supreme Court has supplied for deciding the applicability of state and federal rules in the contexts of Erie, preemption, and reverse-Erie. Part II explores the lopsided results achieved under the current reverse-Erie paradigm and proposes an explanation for the apparent bias towards the federal sovereign: premature considerations of preemption come into play when state courts decide whether the rule they are examining is substantive or procedural.
Description
28 pages
Keywords
Indian law, Reverse Erie
Citation
91Or. L. Rev. 297 (2012)