Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis

May 31, 2018|AT&T Mobility v. Conception, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, Federal Arbitration Act, Lochner, Neil Gorsuch, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

An Epic Case, Its Not-So-Immaculate Concepcion, and a Few Thoughts on Conservative Jurisprudence

by Michael S. Greve|6 Comments

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In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Federal Arbitration Act offered the court a second-best workaround to Erie's formless wasteland.

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