Whether federal courts can disregard Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ; 1. Whether under any circumstances in their application of common law, federal courts are allowed the authority or discretion to disregard this Court’s opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, as in this case by their failure to consider the requisite requirements to invoke a Florida trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction established unanimously by opinions of the state’s highest court, and instead apply the doctrine of Swift v. Tyson. 2. Whether as the subject courts state and federal did determine by their decisions, a court retains the authority and jurisdiction to enter and enforce a summary judgment after denying the affected party their constitutional right to be heard.