Dorr v. Briggs’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · First National Bank in Fort Collins v. Rostek · Pound v. Insurance Co. of North America · 36 Colo. App. 60 - Sabell v. Pacific Intermountain Express Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“To identify the state with the most significant relationship to the parties and the occurrence, the Court must consider the relevant factors included in Section 6 of the Restatement (Second) Conflict of Laws: (a) the needs of the interstate and international systems; (b) the relevant policies of the forum; (c) the relevant policies of other relative interested states and the interests of those states in the determination of the particular issue; (d) the protection of justified expectations; (e) the basic policies underlying the particular field of law; (f) certainty, predictability, and uniformity of result; and (g) ease in determination and application of the law to be applied. In applying the principles of § 6 to determine the law applicable to a particular issue, Section 145(2) of the Restatement (Second), Conflict of Laws lists the following contacts to consider: (1) the place where the injury occurred; (2) the place where the conduct causing the injury occurred; (3) the domicile, residence, nationality, place of incorporation and place of business of the parties; and (4) the place where the relationship, if any, between the parties is centered. According to § 145, the court must evaluate and assign a relative degree of importance to each contact with respect to the particular issue under consideration. Moreover, in personal injury and wrongful death actions, the language of the Restatement of Conflicts suggests that the law of the state of injury should apply unless some”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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