Guaranty Trust Co. v. York

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Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 3–4, 1945 Decided June 18, 1945
Full case name	Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
Citations	326 U.S. 99 (more) 65 S. Ct. 1464; 89 L. Ed. 2079; 1945 U.S. LEXIS 2665; 160 A.L.R. 1231
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Holding
The state statute of limitations applies if it substantially affects the outcome of the case.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority	Frankfurter, joined by Stone, Black, Reed, Jackson
Dissent	Rutledge, joined by Murphy
Roberts and Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Guaranty Trust Co. v. York, 326 U.S. 99 (1945), was a United States Supreme Court case that described how federal courts were to follow state law. Justice Frankfurter delivered the majority opinion further refining the doctrine set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins.