Statek Corp. V Development Specialists, Inc. (In Re Coudert Bros. Llp)

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• noting that N.Y. C.P.L.R. 202 ʺguards against forum shopping by out‐of‐state plaintiffs by mandating use of the shortest statute of limitations availableʺ
• noting that while bankruptcy jurisdiction is a form of federal question jurisdiction, “Eñe made clear that state law provides the rules of decision for the merits of state law claims in bankruptcy court” (emphasis in original) (citations omitted)
• instructing “bankruptcy court to apply the choice of law rules of Connecticut to decide Statek’s motion for reconsideration”
• distinguishing Gaston and holding that bankruptcy courts should apply the choice of law rules for the state in which a prepetition complaint was filed under circumstances not present here
• “[A] federal court sitting in diversity must generally apply the choice of law rules of the state in which it sits.”
• “[A] federal court sitting in diversity must generally apply the choice of law rules of the state in which it sits.”

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