· 3/22/2024
Washington v. Cline
Syllabus
Whether a plaintiff may pursue a direct constitutional claim under the North Carolina Constitution against state actors for monetary damages in response to a violation of his right to a speedy trial.
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that internal affairs doctrine is \recognized throughout the states\
- reaching this conclusion under the \venerable choice-of-law principle known as the internal affairs doctrine\
- when state law is borrowed in a federal question suit, the choice of \which [state] law to select is itself a question of federal law\
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