Willis McGhee Carol McGhee David Rudh Chaweean Rudh v. Arabian American Oil Company, D/B/A Aramco, a Corporation

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• noting that the Court may take judicial notice of 9 foreign law where appropriate
• noting that the Court may take judicial notice of 24 foreign law where appropriate
• “California, despite its interest in securing recovery for its residents, will not apply its law to conduct in other jurisdictions resulting in injury in those jurisdictions.”
• “California courts have rejected arguments that a party’s contacts with California, unrelated to the cause of action at hand, create a basis for extending the reach of California’s law.”
• “[I]t seems certain that Saudi Arabia has some legitimate interest in seeing that Saudi law determines the consequences of actions within its borders causing injury to people who reside there.”
• Saudi law, rather than California law, applied to plaintiffs’ state-law claims against employer

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