Supreme Court· 6/4/1951

Hughes v. Fetter

Citations

341 U.S. 609
71 S. Ct. 980
95 L. Ed. 2d 1212
1951 U.S. LEXIS 1728
95 L. Ed. 1212

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finding that Wisconsin violated the full faith and credit clause (U.S. Const., art. IV, § 1) by refusing to entertain wrongful death actions under Illinois law when its courts would entertain wrongful death actions under Wisconsin law
invalidating a Wisconsin statute that \close[d] the doors of its courts\ to an Illinois cause of action while permitting adjudication of similar Wisconsin claims
finding that Wisconsin violated the full faith and credit clause (U.S. Const., art. IV, § 1) by refusing to entertain wrongful death actions under Illinois law when its courts would entertain wrongful death actions under Wisconsin law
finding a policy of hostility where the forum state, Wiscon- sin, excluded from its courts actions arising under Illinois law while permitting the adjudication of similar Wisconsin claims
“[W]e conclude that Wisconsin’s statutory policy which excludes this Illinois cause of action is forbidden by the national policy of the Full Faith and Credit Clause.”

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Judges: Black, Frankfurter

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