· 6/10/1968
Mitchell v. Craft
Citations
- 211 So. 2d 509
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding Mississippi applies the center-of-gravity (most substantial relationship) test to conflicts between substantive laws
- holding Mississippi applies the center-of-gravity (most substantial relationship) test to conflicts between substantive laws
- Mississippi law applied to tort action by a Mississippian against a Mississippian arising out of accident occurring in Louisiana
- \[t]his state is especially concerned with the protection of its injured domiciliaries and their families\
- “[tjhis state is especially concerned with the protection of its injured domiciliaries and their families”
- since court was “especially concerned with the protection of its injured domiciliaries and their families,” Mississippi had interest in applying state’s comparative negligence statute to Mississippi residents
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Judges: Ethridge
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