Boots v. Lopez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “the language of the statute is discretionary, not mandatory” and that “it was within the trial court’s discretion whether to exercise partial jurisdiction”
• noting that “the language of the statute is discretionary, not mandatory” and that “it was within the trial court’s discretion whether to exercise partial jurisdiction”
• holding trial court had discretion whether to assume jurisdiction over those portions of suit over which it had authority
• “To require the parties to litigate two cases in two states involving similar subject matter would not be in the interest of judicial economy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).