RULE 302. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAW IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
In civil actions and proceedings, the effect of a presumption respecting a fact which is an element of a claim or defense as to which federal law supplies the rule of decision is determined in accordance with federal law.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
SOURCES: Minutes of Joint Procedure Committee: June 4, 1976, page 28; April 8, 1976, page 19.Rule 302, Uniform Rules of Evidence (1974).
"Parallel jurisdiction in state and federal courts exists in many instances. The modification of Rule 302 is made in recognition of this situation. The rule prescribes that when a federally created right is litigated in a state court, any prescribed federal presumption shall be applied." Comment, Rule 302, Uniform Rules of Evidence (1974).