O'Melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for American Diversified Savings Bank et al.

Decided June 13, 1994. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-489 · 512 U.S. 79 (1994) · Cited 782 times

Holding

The California rule of decision, rather than a federal rule, governs petitioner’s tort liability.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc. · 440 U.S. 715 (1979)
• Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. · 487 U.S. 500 (1988)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc. · 500 U.S. 90 (1991)
• United States v. Yazell · 382 U.S. 341 (1966)
• United States v. Gilman · 347 U.S. 507 (1954)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Butner v. United States · 440 U.S. 48 (1979)
• Robertson v. Wegmann · 436 U.S. 584 (1978)
• City of Milwaukee v. Illinois · 451 U.S. 304 (1981)
• Wheeldin v. Wheeler · 373 U.S. 647 (1963)
• Coit Independence Joint Venture v. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance · 489 U.S. 561 (1989)
• Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. · 384 U.S. 63 (1966)
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Parnell · 352 U.S. 29 (1956)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. · 519 U.S. 213 (1997)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Collins v. Yellen · 594 U.S. 220 (2021)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. · 537 U.S. 149 (2003)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1994). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).