context: At the outset, the Court finds that this lawsuit is governed by federal rather than state law because the Declaratory Judgment Act addresses procedural as opposed to substantive rights.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: recognizing that the Declaratory Judgment Act is procedural in nature and not an extension of federal court jurisdiction
citation_a.sentence: See Haagen-Dazs Shoppe Co. v. Born, 897 F.Supp. 122, 126 & n. 2 (S.D.N.Y.1995) (holding that the Declaratory Judgment Act, as opposed to state law, governs cases removed on the basis of diversity jurisdiction under an Erie analysis); De Feo v. Procter & Gamble Co., 831 F.Supp. 776, 779 (N.D.Cal.1993) (same); see also Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 339 U.S. 667, 671, 70 S.Ct. 876, 878-79, 94 L.Ed. 1194 (1950) (recognizing that the Declaratory Judgment Act is procedural in nature and not an extension of federal court jurisdiction).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that the Declaratory Judgment Act, as opposed to state law, governs cases removed on the basis of diversity jurisdiction under an Erie analysis
citation_b.sentence: See Haagen-Dazs Shoppe Co. v. Born, 897 F.Supp. 122, 126 & n. 2 (S.D.N.Y.1995) (holding that the Declaratory Judgment Act, as opposed to state law, governs cases removed on the basis of diversity jurisdiction under an Erie analysis); De Feo v. Procter & Gamble Co., 831 F.Supp. 776, 779 (N.D.Cal.1993) (same); see also Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 339 U.S. 667, 671, 70 S.Ct. 876, 878-79, 94 L.Ed. 1194 (1950) (recognizing that the Declaratory Judgment Act is procedural in nature and not an extension of federal court jurisdiction).