clearfield trust doctrine

Clearfield Trust doctrine. The doctrine describing the federal courts’ power to make federal common law when there is both federal lawmaking power to do so and a strong federal interest in a nationally uniform rule. Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States, 318 U.S. 363, 63 S.Ct. 573 (1943). Cf. ERIE DOCTRINE . [Cases: Federal Courts 374.]

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