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Supreme Court· 3/2/1981

Allstate Insurance v. Hague

Citations

  • 449 U.S. 302
  • 101 S. Ct. 633
  • 66 L. Ed. 2d 521
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 52

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that Minnesota court constitutionally may apply Minnesota law even though suit more significantly connected with Wisconsin
  • recognizing that Vermont still follows the vested rights approach
  • finding that applying Minnesota law in wrongful death/uninsured motorist case would not violate due process where deceased had worked in Minnesota for 16 years preceding his death
  • requiring a state to have “significant contacts” with an activity in order for the states law to be applicable
  • recognizing a principle “long accepted by this Court, that a set of facts giving rise to a lawsuit, or a particular issue within a lawsuit, may justify, in constitutional terms, application of the law of more than one jurisdiction”
  • examining constitutionality of applying Minnesota law or Wisconsin law to question of whether uninsured motorist policies could be stacked

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Judges: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, Powell, Burger, Rehnquist, Stewart

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405 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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