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· 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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