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Under these situations, which one "wins" and why?

1. US Constitution v. state law
2. Federal statute v. state law
3. FRCP v. state law
4. Federal judicial practice v. state law

Apply the federal provision if its on point.

It's not that simple and very much depends on how your prof teaches Erie.

First three are pretty consistently in favor of the federal rule/law/Constitution. Once you get into federal practice, you have to apply the Hanna test and get into the weeds

mr.hands wrote:First three are pretty consistently in favor of the federal rule/law/Constitution. Once you get into federal practice, you have to apply the Hanna test and get into the weeds

Thank you! This was what I thought!