federal common law

The body of decisional law derived from federal courts when adjudicating federal questions and other matters of federal concern, such as disputes between the states and foreign relations, but excluding all cases governed by state law.

• An example is the nonstatutory law applying to interstate streams of commerce. [Cases: Federal Courts 374.]


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