CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, dissenting: I respectfully dissent for two reasons. First, the majority has decided this case on a legal basis — that federal and not state law controls — that was neither briefed nor argued by the parties. Second, this does not appear to me to be a proper case to reverse and remand to the district court for further factual inquiry on the substantiality of the mistake…
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