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· 1/13/2014

Masello v. Massachusetts

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 959
  • 187 L. Ed. 2d 820
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 3406
  • 571 U.S. 1150
  • 2014 WL 102879
  • 2014 U.S. LEXIS 218

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that parties' implied consent to Connecticut law establishes applicable choice of law
  • holding that 11 U.S.C. § 522 does not prohibit state exemption scheme that “place[s] property beyond the reach of only certain creditors (i.e. contract creditors) while keeping the property within the reach of other creditors [i.e.] tort creditors”
  • noting that “implied consent is . . . sufficient to establish the applicable choice of law”
  • noting that “implied consent is . . . sufficient to establish the applicable choice of law”
  • stating that where the parties’ briefs assume that a particular state law controls, “such implied consent is . . . sufficient to establish the applicable choice of law”
  • explaining that where the parties’ briefs assume that a particular state law controls, “such implied consent is . . . sufficient to establish the applicable choice of law”

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