Burlington Northern Railroad Co. v. Woods, 480 U.S. 1 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case that applied the precedent of Hanna v. Plumer to a conflict between state and federal procedural rules for a federal court sitting in diversity.

[1] The defendant in the original case stayed a damage judgment and went on to lose on appeal.

According to an Alabama statute, the defendant would be required to pay a ten percent penalty.

Holding the federal rule to be on point and constitutional, the court applied federal rule and gave no penalty.

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