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· 10/5/1978

Virginia J. Barry Melville v. American Home Assurance Company

Citations

  • 584 F.2d 1306
  • 3 Fed. R. Serv. 756
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 8584

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  • warning courts to avoid dicta on conflicts questions when not put in issue by the parties
  • warning courts to avoid dicta on conflicts questions when not put in issue by the parties
  • warning courts to avoid dicta on conflicts questions when not put in issue
  • Pennsylvania would adhere to traditional substance/procedure distinction for things routinely labeled as procedural by the Pennsylvania courts.
  • F.A.A. airworthiness directives impugning the mechanical safety of the model of a plane whose crash was at issue admissible
  • state has an interest in having its rules applied to insurance contracts purchased by its residents

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Judges: Gibbons, Garth

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