116 Mich. App. 34 - Bang v. Park’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Comity is defined as the recognition which one nation allows within its territory to the legislative, executive, or judicial acts of another nation, having due regard both to international duty and convenience and to the rights of its own citizens or of other persons who are under the protection of its laws. [ Bang v. Park, 116 Mich.App. 34, 39 , 321 N.W.2d 831 (1982), citing 16 Am.Jur.2d, Conflict of Laws, § 10, pp. 27-29 (currently § 15, pp. 25-26).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dart v. Dart

2. “Faced as we are here with a judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction which lies but the breadth of a river from the instant court, closer, indeed, than most of the remaining 49 States, and a court which draws its concepts of law from the same roots as ours, comity supplies a rational and well-founded reason for affording relief to this plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Badalament, Inc. v. Mel-O-Ripe Banana Brands, Ltd.