《CONFLCT OF LAWS CASES-COMMENTS-QUESTIONS THIRD EDITION》

CHAPTER 1.THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO CHOICE OF LAW1

SECTION 1.TRADITIONAL THEORY：A SURVEY OF JURISDIC- TION-SELECTING RULES1

AShort History ofChoice ofLaw1

Traditional Theories—A Brief Lexicon7

Alabama Great Southern R.R.Co.v.Carroll8

Why Should the Forum Ever Apply Foreign Law？12

The Place of Wrong15

Milliken v.Pr18

The Place of Contracting22

In re Barrie’s Estate26

Cammellv.Sewell29

The Situs of Property32

White v.Tennant36

In re Estate of Jones38

Domicile42

Miscellaneous Traditional Rules51

Walton v.Arabian American Oil Co53

Notice and Proof of Foreign Law56

SECTION 2.TRADITIONAL PRACTICE：A SURVEY OF ESCAPE DEVICES63

A.Renvoi63

In re Schneider’s Estate63

University of Chicago v.Dater67

The Renvoi Problem70

B.Characterization75

Introductory Note75

Levy v.Daniels’ U-Drive Auto Renting Co78

Vicarious Liability—Tort or Contract？80

Haumschild v.Continental Cas.Co83

Interspousal Tort Immunity—Change and Evolution in Characterization88

Swank v.Hufnagle91

Contract or Conveyance？91

Cutts v.Najdrowski93

Savings Bank Trusts—Gift， Trust， Will or Whatnot？94

Characterization as a Rational Process97

C.Substance or Procedure？101

Levy v.Steiger101

The Substance-Procedure Distinction102

Grant v.McAuliffe107

Survival of Actions110

Kilberg v.Northeast Airlines， Inc112

Limitations on Wrongful Death Damages115

Bournias v.Atlantic Maritime Co.， Ltd117

Statutes of Limitation122

Marie v.Garrison123

Statutes of Frauds125

D.Public Policy， Penal Laws， and Tax Claims126

Loucks v.Standard Oil Co.of New York126

Chavarria v.Superior Court131

Oklahoma ex rel.Oklahoma Tax Comm’n v.Neely133

Penal and Tax Laws135

Public Policy141

CHAPTER 2.MODERN APPROACHES TO CHOICE OF LAW146

SECTION 1.CHOICE-DIRECTED SOLUTIONS146

A.Party Autonomy146

Pritchard v.Norton146

Siegelman v.Cunard White Star Ltd148

Alternative Choice-of-Law Rules for Contracts154

Wyatt v.Fulrath163

Choice of Law for Inter Vivos and Testamentary Trusts166

B.Alternative Reference172

Seeman v.Philadelphia Warehouse Co172

The Rule of Validation174

C.Statutory Solutions180

Validity of Foreign-Executed Wills180

Skinner v.Tober Foreign Motors， Inc181

The UCC and Choice of Law183

No-Fault Insurance and Choice of Law185

West v.Theis188

Borrowing Statutes190

SECTION 2.THE CENTER OF GRAVITY196

Auten v.Auten196

Haagv.Barnes199

Locating the Center of Gravity200

SECTION 3.INTEREST ANALYSIS201

A.Introduction201

Brainerd Currie， Married Women’s Contracts： A Study in Conflict-of-Laws Methods201

Choice-of-Law Methods and Objectives216

B.Identifying False Conflicts222

Babcockv.Jackson222

Tooker v.Lopez228

What is “Interest Analysis”237

Interest Analysis and the Courts240

Identifying False Conflicts245

C.Resolving True Conflicts252

Lilienthal v.Kaufman252

Western Airlines， Inc.v.Sobieski258

True Conflicts260

D.Distinguishing Apparent Conflicts from True Conflicts265

People v.One 1953 Ford Victoria265

Bernkrant v.Fowler268

Party Expectations and the Altruistic Forum271

Bernhard v.Harrah’s Club278

Offshore Rental Co.v.Continental Oil Co285

Comparative Impairment and Multistate Interests291

E.The Disinterested Forum and the “Unprovided-for Case”298

The Disinterested Forum298

Erwin v.Thomas301

The “Unprovided-for Case”303

SECTION 4.PLACE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP309

Restatement Second， Conflict of Laws §§ 6， 145， 186， 188309

Wood Bros.Homes， Inc.v.Walker Adjustment Bureau311

Johnson v.Spider Staging Corp314

Restatement Second—Localization Versus Policy Analysis317

SECTION 5.ALTERNATIVE MODERN APPROACHES TO CHOICE OF LAW326

“True Rules” and the Lex Fori—Ehrenzweig’s Proper Law in a Proper Forum326

R.A.Leflar， Conflicts Law： More on Choice-Influencing Considerations328

Milkovich v.Saari331

The “Better Law” Approach337

D.F.Cavers， The Choice-of-Law Process341

Cipolla v.Shaposka349

The New Territorialists354

Neumeierv.Kuehner359

Bad Rules Versus no Rules365

Functional Analysis373

SECTION 6.SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS REVISITED379

A.Depecage379

An Imaginary Case： Adams v.Knickerbocker Nature Soc’y， Inc379

Depecage in the Courts383

B.Characterization and the Incidental Question390

Grant v.McAuliffe390

Characterization and Interest Analysis390

In re May’s Estate393

The Incidental Question395

C.Renvoi398

Haumschild v.Continental Cas.Co398

Renvoi and Interest Analysis398

CHAPTER 3.THE CONSTITUTION AND CHOICE OF LAW403

SECTION 1.FREEDOM AND COMPULSION IN CHOICE OF LAW403

Home Ins.Co.v.Dick403

Early Cases on the Constitution and Choice of Law407

Pacific Employers Ins.Co.v.Industrial Accident Commission411

Watson v.Employers Liability Assur.Corp415

Clay v.Sun Ins.Office， Ltd419

Full Faith， Due Process， and Choice of Law421

Allstate Ins.Co.v.Hague435

Constitutional Choice of Law After the Hague Case451

SECTION 2.THE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE A FORUM452

Hughes v.Fetter452

Broderick v.Rosner455

Wells v.Simonds Abrasive Co459

Full Faith and the Obligation to Provide a Forum462

Tennessee Coal， Iron，R.R.Co.v.George467

Crider v.Zurich Ins.Co469

State Power to Keep Litigation at Home474

SECTION 3.UNCONSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION IN CHOICE OF LAw476

Baldwin v.Montana Fish and Game Comm’n476

Hicklin v.Orbeck493

Unconstitutional Discrimination in Choice of Law499

Addison v.Addison508

Quasi-Community Property： Conflicts in Space and in Time516

CHAPTER 4.JURISDICTION OF COURTS520

The Allocation of Judicial Business Among Courts520

SECTION 1.JURISDICTION BASED ON THE RELATION OF THE LITI- GATION TO THE FORUM525

The Evolution of Due Process525

World-Wide Volkswagen Corp.v.Woodson534

Kulko v.Superior Court550

The Reach of the Long Arm559

The Interpretation of Long-Arm Statutes564

Substantive Policy and Jurisdiction567

SECTION 2.ATTACHMENT JURISDICTION569

Shaffer v.Heitner569

The Seductive “In Rem” Label585

Shaffer and Jurisdiction in Personam591

Rush v.Savchuk594

The Fall of Seider v.Roth603

SECTION 3.JURISDICTION BY NECESSITY606

Mullane v.Central Hanover BankTrust Co606

Jurisdiction by Necessity612

Notice and Opportunity for Hearing614

Atkinson v.Superior Court615

Multiple or Indeterminate Parties619

SECTION 4.TRADITIONAL JURISDICTIONAL BASES RECON- SIDERED623

A.Presence， Domicile， and Nationality623

Nielsen v.Braland623

Presence624

Domicile and Nationality626

“Doing Business”629

B.Consent634

National Equipment Rental， Ltd.v.Szukhent634

Atlas Credit Corp.v.Ezrine638

Conferring Jurisdiction by Consent643

The Bremen v.Zapata Off-Shore Co648

Ouster of Jurisdiction by Agreement652

Forum Non Conveniens and Other Limitations on.Jurisdic- tion655

CHAPTER 5.RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS657

Res Judicata： Domestic Policies of Finality657

Full Faith and Credit to Judgments660

Fauntleroy v.Lum662

Yarborough v.Yarborough666

Judgments and the Interest of the Forum672

Thomas v.Washington Gas Light Co677

Limitations on Full Faith and Credit690

Durfee v.Duke693

Thompson v.Whitman697

The Foreclosure of Jurisdictional Issues700

Clarke v.Clarke707

Fall v.Eastin710

The Land Taboo715

Worthley v.Worthley723

Equitable and Non-Final Decrees727

Union Nat’l Bank v.Lamb733

The Obligation to Enforce Sister-State Judgments734

Hart v.American Airlines740

Full Faith and Collateral Estoppel744

Allen v.McCurry750

State Judgments in Federal Courts760

Congressional Implementation of the Full Faith and Credit Clause762

Hilton v.Guyot765

Recognition of Foreign-Country Judgments769

CHAPTER 6.SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF CHOICE OF LAW， JU- RISDICTION， AND RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS IN DIVORCE， INTERSTATE CHILD CUSTODY， AND DECE- DENTS’ ESTATES776

SECTION 1.DIVORCE776

Introductory Note776

A.Ex parte Divorce777

Williams v.State of North Carolina （Ⅰ）777

Ex parte Divorce787

Estin v.Estin789

May v.Anderson795

Simons v.Miami Beach First Nat’l Bank800

Divisible Divorce804

B.Divorce by Consent808

Williams v.State of North Carolina （Ⅱ）808

Sherrer v.Sherrer814

Johnson v.Muelberger824

Collateral Attack on Migratory Divorce Decrees826

Rosenstiel v.Rosenstiel832

Mexican Divorces838

Alton v.Alton840

Jurisdiction to Divorce847

Sosna v.Iowa851

SECTION 2.THE UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT858

Vanneck v.Vanneck858

In re Marriage of Ben-Yehoshua863

The “Interstate Child”869

SECTION 3.DECEDENTS’ ESTATES878

CHAPTER 7.CONFLICTS BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE LAW882

SECTION 1.THE ERIE DOCTRINE882

Erie R.Co.v.Tompkins882

The Law Applicable in Federal Courts888

Guaranty Trust Co.of New York v.York894

Byrd v.Blue Ridge Rural Elec.Coop.， Inc898

“Substance” and “Procedure” Under Erie902

Hanna v.Plumer907

The Development of Erie Since Byrd913

SECTION 2.CHOICE OF LAW IN FEDERAL-COURT CASES IN- VOLVING STATE-CREATED RIGHTS922

Klaxon Co.v.Stentor Elec.Mfg.Co922

Van Dusen v.Barrack924

The Choice Among Conflicting State Laws Under Erie927

SECTION 3.FEDERAL COMMON LAW934

Clearfield Trust Co.v.United States934

Bank of America v.Parnell936

Banco Nacional De Cuba v.Sabbatino938

Illinois v.City of Milwaukee941

Federal Common Law， Preemption and Incorporation of State Law944

Federal and State Laws in Maritime Cases962

SECTION 4.FEDERAL LAW IN STATE COURTS973

Testa v.K973

Dice v.Akron， CantonYoungstown R.R977

State-Court Enforcement of Federal Law980

APPENDICES989

A.The Constitution of the United States989

B.Federal Rules of Civil Procedure993

C.Title 28， United States Code Judiciary and Judicial Proced- ure997

D.Rules of Evidence for United States Courts and Magistrates1006

Index1007