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TRANS STATES AIRLINES v. PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA

No. 95-2896.

86 F.3d 725 (1996)

TRANS STATES AIRLINES, formerly Resort Air, Inc., d/b/a Trans World Express, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA, INCORPORATED, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh G. McBreen (argued), Annie K. Strobl, McBreen, McBreen & Kopko, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael A. Pope (argued), Daniel J. Collins, Phelan, Cahill & Quinlan, Chicago, IL, James D. Dasso, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COFFEY, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Whenever we are called upon to decide an issue for which state law provides the rule of decision, the Rules of Decision Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1652, and the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938), require us to ascertain what state law requires as accurately as we possibly can. Parties should not have an incentive to switch from a state courtroom...

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