California Supreme Court· 7/29/1985
Wong v. Tenneco, Inc.
Citations
- 702 P.2d 570
- 39 Cal. 3d 126
- 216 Cal. Rptr. 412
- 1985 Cal. LEXIS 300
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- applying Mexican prohibition against foreign ownership and control of Mexican land to not enforce a California contact that violated Mexico’s public policy
- the standard is whether the chosen law is so offensive to California public policy as to be “prejudicial to recognized standards of morality and to the general interest of the citizens”
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Judges: Reynoso, Mosk
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