RULE 302. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAW IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
Effective Date: 6/4/1976
Obsolete Date: 3/1/2014
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.
Rule 302 was amended, effective March 1, 2014.
Rule 302 was amended, effective March 1, 2014, in response to the December 1, 2011, revision of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. There is no intent to change any result in any ruling on evidence admissibility.
SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 26-27, 2012, pages 12-13; June 4, 1976, page 28; April 8, 1976, page 19. Rule 302, Uniform Rules of Evidence (1974).