· 7/28/1937
Le Mieux Bros. v. Armstrong
Citations
- 91 F.2d 445
- 1937 U.S. App. LEXIS 4253
How courts have described this case
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- focusing on the location of the tort and choosing Mexican law, because Mexico has the greatest interest in regulating the behavior of the parties
- focusing on the location of the tort and choosing Mexican law, because Mexico has the greatest interest in regulating the behavior of the parties
- noting “our agreement with the concept that appellate courts, as well as trial courts, may find and apply foreign law”
- applying locus law to out-of-state tort where conflict was between conduct-regulating rules
- applying Mexican law in non-Warsaw Convention case, under New York choice of law rules, to determine that pilot’s conduct in reporting criminal activity to Mexican authorities in Mexico was proper under Mexican law
- \It is only when no evidence of foreign law has been presented that the courts will decide cases in accordance with New York law.\
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Judges: Foster, Holmes, Hutcheson
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