The following excerpt is from Chapin v. United States, 258 F.2d 465 (9th Cir. 1958):
Within limitations similar to those of the Erie17 doctrine, we must analyze all relevant factors to determine the course of action the highest state court would take, were it squarely presented with the issue.18 The distinction approved in Jozwiak v. United States, D.C. S.D.Ohio 1954, 123 F.Supp. 65, at page 69, accurately states the California law as we view it:
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