Smith v. Commonwealth National Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• citing, inter alia, section 187 for proposition that “Choice of law provisions in contracts will generally be given effect.”
• applying Pennsylvania standard for summary judgment where New York substantive law governed the plaintiff’s claims
• applying Pennsylvania standard for summary judgment where New York substantive law governed the plaintiff’s claims
• applying Pennsylvania rule for summary judgment to an escrow agreement containing language that the agreement was governed by the laws of the state of New York
• applying Pennsylvania summary judgment rules where New York substantive law governed the plaintiff’s claims
• applying Pennsylvania summary judgment rules where another state’s substantive law governed the claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).