Conflict of Laws: Cases, Materials and Problems

by Reynolds, William L.; Weinberg, Louise; Reynolds, William L.; Richman, William M.; Vernon, David H.; Richman, William M.

• ISBN13: 9780820541587
• ISBN10: 0820541583
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(10)
Rosenthal v. Warren (1973)	2	(5)
Notes on Rosenthal: A Conflicts Menu	7	(4)
Domicile	11	(14)
The Concept	11	(1)
Restatement (Second) Conflict of Laws (1971)	11	(1)
Related Concepts	12	(1)
Domicile of Origin	13	(1)
In Re Estate of Jones (1921)	13	(1)
Notes on Jones	14	(1)
Domicile of Choice	14	(1)
White v. Tennant (1888)	14	(1)
Notes and Questions on White v. Tennant	15	(1)
In Re Dorrance's Estate (1932)	16	(4)
Notes and Questions on Dorrance	20	(2)
Multiple Domicile and State Taxation	22	(1)
Involuntary Domicile	22	(3)
Jurisdiction	25	(210)
The Basic Concepts	25	(9)
Jurisdiction in Conflict of Laws	25	(1)
Lawyering Note	25	(1)
Selecting the Proper Court---Jurisdiction and Related Concepts	26	(1)
Buchanan v. Bucker (1808)	27	(1)
Notes on Jurisdiction and Related Concepts	27	(4)
Notice	31	(1)
Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank and Trust Co. (1950)	31	(1)
Notes on Mullance and the Requirement of Adequate Notice	31	(3)
History: From Power and Territoriality to Contacts and Fairness	34	(14)
Early Dogma	34	(2)
Stretching the Dogma by Fictions	36	(2)
Contacts and Fairness	38	(1)
International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington (1945)	38	(4)
Notes and Questions on International Shoe and The Minimum Contacts Standard	42	(1)
McGee v. International Life Insurance Co. (1957)	43	(1)
Hanson v. Denckla (1958)	44	(2)
Notes and Questions on McGee and Hanson	46	(2)
Jurisdiction After 1977	48	(63)
Introductory Note	48	(1)
Note on Shaffer v. Heitner	48	(2)
The More Recent Cases	50	(1)
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson (1980)	50	(10)
Notes and Questions	60	(1)
Insurance Corp. of Ireland Ltd. v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee (1982)	60	(4)
Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. (1984)	64	(5)
Notes and Questions	69	(1)
Calder v. Jones (1984)	70	(1)
Notes and Questions	71	(2)
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia v. Hall (1984)	73	(8)
Notes and Questions	81	(1)
Notes on General and Specific Jurisdiction	82	(2)
Notes on General Jurisdiction, Specific Jurisdiction, and the Sliding Scale	84	(4)
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz (1985)	88	(9)
Notes and Questions	97	(3)
Asahi Metal Industry Company, Ltd. v. Superior Court (1987)	100	(6)
Notes and Questions	106	(5)
Bases for Jurisdiction	111	(50)
Introduction	111	(1)
Traditional Bases for Jurisdiction	111	(1)
Personal Service Within the State	111	(1)
Burnham v. Superior Court (1990)	111	(10)
Notes and Questions on Burnham and Transient Jurisdiction	121	(5)
Domicile, Residence, and Citizenship	126	(1)
Notes and Questions	126	(3)
Appearance and Consent	129	(1)
Appearance	129	(1)
Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Ltd. v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee (1982)	129	(5)
Notes and Questions on Bauxites and Jurisdiction Based on Appearance	134	(1)
Consent	135	(1)
National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Szukhent (1964)	135	(4)
Notes and Questions on Szukhent and Jurisdiction Based on Consent	139	(2)
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts (1985)	141	(6)
Notes and Questions	147	(1)
Traditional Bases for Jurisdiction over Corporations	148	(3)
Long-Arm Statutes	151	(1)
In General	151	(1)
The California Style Long-Arm Statute	151	(1)
Enumerated Act Statutes	152	(1)
Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act (1979)	152	(1)
The Long Arm in Federal Court	153	(1)
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)	153	(1)
Notes and Questions on State and Federal Long-Arm Provisions	153	(8)
Jurisdiction Based on Property	161	(23)
The Traditional Taxonomy	161	(1)
Jurisdiction In Rem and Jurisdiction In Personam	161	(1)
Jurisdiction In Rem, Jurisdiction Quasi-In-Rem and Attachment Jurisdiction	162	(1)
The Development of Attachment Jurisdiction	163	(1)
Harris v. Balk (1905)	163	(1)
Seider v. Roth (1966)	164	(1)
Notes on Harris and Seider	164	(1)
The In Rem Revolution	165	(1)
Shaffer v. Heitner (1977)	165	(9)
Notes and Questions on Shaffer and the Continuing Utility of Property-Based Jurisdiction	174	(8)
Rush v. Savchuk (1980)	182	(1)
Notes on Rush and the Death of the Seider Doctrine	183	(1)
Limitations on the Exercise of Jurisdiction	184	(41)
Scope Note	184	(1)
Forum Non Conveniens	184	(1)
Piper Aircaraft Co. v. Reyno (1981)	184	(6)
Notes and Questions on Forum Non Conveniens	190	(3)
The Bhopal Litigation: In Re Union Carbide Corporation Gas Plant Disaster (1986)	193	(2)
Note on the Bhopal Litigation	195	(1)
Forum Non Conveniens, Transfer and Choice of Law	196	(1)
Ferens v. John Deere Co. (1990)	196	(6)
Notes and Questions on Transfer, Forum Non Conveniens and Choice of Law	202	(3)
Forum Selection Clauses	205	(1)
The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. (1972)	205	(3)
Forum Selection Clauses	208	(3)
Carnival Cruis Lines, Inc. v. Shute (1991)	211	(5)
Notes on Forum Selection Clauses in Consumer Contracts	216	(2)
Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. (1988)	218	(8)
Notes and Questions on Stewart Organization v. Ricoh	226
Local Actions	221	(1)
Tax and Penal Statutes, Public Policy, and Jurisdiction	221	(1)
The Large Case, Consolidation, and Jurisdiction	222	(3)
The Challenge of the Future	225	(10)
Jurisdiction in Cyberspace	225	(1)
Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc. (1997)	225	(4)
Notes and Questions on Jurisdiction in Cyberspace	229	(6)
Choice of Law	235	(250)
Scope Note	235	(1)
A Preliminary Look	235	(12)
An Introductory Problem	235	(1)
Kalmich v. Bruno (1977)	235	(4)
Notes and Questions on Kalmich	239	(1)
A Very Brief History of Choice of Law Before the Twentieth Century	239	(1)
Proving Foreign Law	240	(1)
Walton v. Arabian American Oil Co. (1956)	240	(2)
Notes and Questions	242	(1)
Kunstsammlungen Zu Weimar v. Elicofon (1982)	243	(4)
The Traditional System	247	(31)
Introduction	247	(1)
The Vested Rights Theory and the First Restatement	247	(1)
First Restatement Practice---Broad Rules and Escape Devices	248	(1)
Torts	249	(1)
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. Carroll (1892)	249	(3)
Notes and Questions on Carroll and the Place of the Wrong	252	(3)
Contracts	255	(1)
The Place of Contracting	255	(1)
Milliken v. Pratt (1878)	255	(3)
Notes and Questions on Milliken and the Place of Making	258	(4)
Poole v. Perkins (1919)	262	(1)
The Performance Exception	263	(1)
Louis-Dreyfus v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd. (1930)	263	(2)
Notes on the Exception for Issues of Performance	265	(2)
Land---The Situs Rule	267	(1)
In Re Barrie's Estate (1949)	267	(3)
Notes on Barrie and the Situs Rule	270	(3)
Movable Property	273	(1)
Inter Vivos Transactions	273	(1)
Cammell v. Sewell (1860)	273	(2)
Notes and Questions on Cammell and the Situs Rule	275	(1)
Testamentary Disposition and Intestate Succession	276	(1)
White v. Tennant (1888)	276	(1)
Notes and Questions on the Domicile Rule	276	(2)
Escape Devices	278	(52)
Introductory Note	278	(1)
Characterization	278	(1)
Substance/Procedure	278	(2)
Marie v. Garrison (1883)	280	(1)
Notes and Questions on Marie v. Garrison	281	(1)
Grant v. Mc-Auliffe (1953)	281	(4)
Grant and the Substance/Procedure Problem	285	(1)
Tort and Contract	286	(1)
Levy v. Daniels' U-Drive Auto Renting Co. (1928)	286	(2)
Notes and Questions on Levy	288	(1)
The Arkansas Telegraph Cases	288	(1)
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Griffin (1909)	288	(1)
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Chilton (1911)	288	(1)
Note	289	(1)
Property and Contract	290	(1)
Polson v. Stewart (1897)	290	(1)
Notes and Questions on Polson and Some Additional Recharacterization Ploys	291	(1)
Burr v. Beckler (1914)	292	(1)
Property or Tort	292	(1)
Characterization: What Kind of Property?	293	(1)
Duckwall v. Lease (1939)	293	(2)
Equitable Conversion	295	(1)
Toledo Society for Crippled Children v. Hickok (1953)	296	(1)
Notes and Questions	297	(1)
The Empty Promise of Recharacterization	297	(1)
Haumschild v. Continental Casualty Co. (1959)	297	(4)
Notes and Questions on Haumschild and Escape from the Law of the Place of Injury	301	(2)
Depecage	303	(1)
Corporation Venezolana de Fomento v. Vintero Sales Corp. (1980)	303	(2)
Notes and Questions on Vintero	305	(1)
Renvoi	306	(1)
In Re Scheider's Estate (1950)	306	(3)
Notes and Questions on Renvoi	309	(3)
American Motorists Insurance Co. v. Artra Group, Inc. (1995)	312	(4)
Notes and Questions on Artra	316	(1)
Public Policy	316	(1)
Loucks v. Standard Oil Co. of New York (1918)	316	(4)
Notes on Loucks	320	(1)
Holzer v. Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (1938)	320	(3)
Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc. (1961)	323	(4)
Notes and Questions on Kilberg	327	(2)
A Concluding Note	329	(1)
The Choice-of-Law Revolution	330	(16)
The First Shots: The Center of Gravity or Grouping of Contacts	330	(1)
Theory	330	(1)
Auten v. Auten (1954)	330	(3)
Notes on Auten, the Center of Gravity, and the Beginning of the Choice-of-Law Revolution	333	(2)
Haag v. Barnes (1961)	335	(2)
The Continuing Revolution	337	(1)
O'Connor v. O'Connor (1986)	337	(5)
Notes and Questions on O'Connor and the Continuing Choice-of-Law Revolution	342	(4)
Interest Analysis	346	(32)
Doing Interest Analysis	346	(1)
Notes on the Emergence of Interest Analysis	346	(1)
Brainerd Currie and Interest Analysis	347	(2)
Note on Law, Policy, ``Significant'' Contacts, and Interest Analysis	349	(1)
Stubborn Questions About Interest Analysis	350	(1)
False Conflicts	350	(1)
Babcock v. Jackson (1963)	351	(2)
Notes and Questions on Babcock	353	(1)
Tooker v. Lopez (1969)	354	(3)
Hurtado v. Superior Court (1974)	357	(2)
The Place of Injury and Problems of Policy Analysis	359	(1)
Schultz v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc. (1985)	360	(1)
True Conflicts: Currie's Solution-Forum Law	361	(1)
The Elusive Concept of ``Purpose''	361	(1)
Lilienthal v. Kaufman (1964)	362	(4)
Notes and Questions on Lilienthal	366	(2)
Hall v. University of Nevada [I] (1972)	368	(1)
Notes and Questions	369	(1)
Tramontana v. S.A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense (1965)	369	(1)
Laker Airways Ltd. v. Sabena, Belgian World Airlines (1984)	370	(1)
True Conflicts, Harder Cases, and More Stubborn Questions	370	(1)
Rosenthal v. Warren (1973)	370	(1)
O'Connor v. Lehigh Paving Corp.	371	(2)
The Unprovided-for Case	373	(1)
Erwin v. Thomas (1973)	373	(3)
Notes and Questions on Erwin (1978)	376	(2)
Alternative Modern Methods for Resolving Nonfalse Conflicts	378	(42)
The Restrained Forum	378	(1)
People v. One 1953 Ford Victoria (1957)	378	(2)
Bernkrant v. Fowler (1961)	380	(2)
Notes and Questions on the Restrained Forum	382	(1)
Emery v. Burbank (1895)	382	(1)
Rubin v. Irving Trust Co. (1953)	383	(1)
Comparative Impairment	383	(1)
Bernhard v. Harrah's Club (1976)	384	(3)
Notes on Bernhard	387	(1)
Cable v. Sahara Tahoe Corp. (1979)	388	(1)
Hall v. Nevada [II] (1977)	389	(1)
Saharceski v. Marcure (1977)	390	(4)
Notes and Questions on Saharceski	394	(1)
Is Interest Analysis Discriminatory?	395	(1)
The Better Law and Professor Leflar	396	(1)
Notes on ``Choice-Influencing Considerations''	396	(3)
Offshore Rental Co., Inc. v. Continental Oil Co. (1978)	399	(5)
Notes and Questions on Offshore Rental	404	(1)
The New Rules and The New Territorialism	405	(1)
One State's Experience with Territorialism	405	(1)
Cipolla v. Shaposka (1970)	405	(1)
Shuder v. McDonald's Corporation (1988)	406	(3)
More Notes and Questions on the New Territorialism	409	(3)
Codification	412	(1)
More on Rules	413	(1)
Neumeier v. Kuehner (1972)	413	(3)
Notes and Questions on Neumeier	416	(2)
A Second Look at True Rules	418	(2)
The Second Restatement	420	(40)
Overview	420	(1)
The Basic Approach	420	(2)
Notes and Questions on The Basic Approach	422	(7)
Use and Abuse in the Courts	429	(1)
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Black (1995)	429	(5)
Esser v. McIntyre (1996)	434	(3)
Notes and Questions on Judicial Applications of The Basic Approach	437	(3)
Torts	440	(2)
Notes and Questions on the Torts Provisions of the Second Restatement	442	(3)
Contracts	445	(2)
Notes and Questions on the Contracts Provisions of the Second Restatement	447	(1)
Procedure	448	(1)
Notes and Questions on Procedure and Evidence	449	(3)
Property	452	(1)
Land	452	(1)
Notes and Questions on the Second Restatement's Provisions for Issues Involving Land	453	(3)
Movable Property	456	(1)
Notes and Questions on the Second Restatement's Treatment of Movable Property	457	(3)
Some Illustrations of Modern Choice-of-Law Methods	460	(25)
Property	460	(1)
Williams v. Williams (1978)	460	(1)
Notes and Questions	461	(1)
Contracts	462	(1)
Introduction	462	(1)
Party Autonomy	462	(1)
Tele-Save Merchandising Co. v. Consumers Distributing Co. (1987)	462	(5)
Notes and Questions	467	(1)
The History of Party Autonomy	468	(1)
Party Autonomy in Practice	469	(1)
Federal deposit Ins. Corp. v. Petersen (1985)	470	(2)
The Special Problem of Usury	472	(1)
Commercial Law	472	(2)
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods	474	(1)
Limitation of Actions	475	(1)
Introduction	475	(1)
Characterizing the Limitations Issue as ``Procedural''	476	(1)
Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman (1988)	476	(1)
Notes and Questions on the Procedural Model and Federal Transfer	476	(1)
Schreiber v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (1979)	476	(1)
Characterizing the Limitations Issue as ``Substantive''	477	(1)
The Uniform Conflict of Laws Limitations Act	477	(1)
Notes on the Uniform Act	477	(2)
Perkins v. Clark Equipment Co. (1987)	479	(2)
Notes and Questions on Perkins	481	(1)
Modern Methods	481	(1)
Restatement of the Law (Second) of Conflict of Laws (1988)	481	(1)
Notes on Revised § 142	482	(1)
Warner v. Auberge Gray Rocks Inn (1987)	483	(1)
Ledesma v. Jack Stewart Produce, Inc. (1987)	483	(2)
The Constitution and Choice of Law	485	(70)
The Modern Position	485	(39)
Introduction	485	(1)
Emergence of the Modern Position	485	(1)
Home Insurance Co. v. Dick (1930)	485	(3)
Notes and Questions	488	(1)
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Dodge (1918)	488	(1)
Alaska Packers Ass'n v. Industrial Acc. Comm'n (1935)	489	(1)
Watson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp. (1954)	490	(1)
Clay v. Sun Ins. Office, Ltd (1964)	490	(1)
The Modern Position: Minimal Scrutiny	491	(1)
Nevada v. Hall (1979)	491	(4)
Notes and Questions on Nevada v. Hall	495	(1)
Notes on Modern Constitutional Theory	496	(1)
The Modern Position: Problems	497	(1)
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Hague(1981)	497	(8)
Notes and Questions on Hague	505	(1)
Lettieri v. Equitable Life Assurance Society (1980)	506	(3)
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts (1985)	509	(4)
Notes and Questions on Shutts	513	(1)
Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman (1988)	514	(6)
Notes on Wortman	520	(1)
Day & Zimmerman, Inc. v. Challoner (1975)	520	(1)
Schreiber v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (1979)	521	(3)
The Overreaching Forum	524	(18)
The Overreaching Forum	524	(1)
Note on the Overreaching Forum and the Dormant Commerce Clause	524	(1)
Edgar v. Mite Corp. (1982)	524	(2)
Notes on Mite	526	(2)
CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America (1987)	528	(3)
Notes on CTS	531	(2)
The Power to Tax	533	(1)
Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992)	533	(7)
Notes on Quill	540	(2)
The Discriminatory Forum	542	(13)
Note on the Discriminatory Forum	542	(1)
Discrimination Against Claimants Relying on Nonforum Law	542	(1)
Hughes v. Fetter (1951)	542	(2)
Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co. (1953)	544	(1)
Notes on Hughes and Wells	545	(2)
Discrimination Against Residents With Out-of-State Interests	547	(1)
Note on the Effect of Out-of-State Interests on Rights at the Forum	547	(1)
City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey (1978)	547	(3)
Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison (1997)	550	(1)
Notes on the Philadelphia and Camps Cases	551	(4)
The Federal/State Conflict of Laws	555	(116)
Federal Common Law	555	(32)
The Federal/State Conflict of Laws	555	(1)
Introduction: Federal Common Law	556	(1)
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938)	556	(4)
Notes on Erie	560	(1)
Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen (1917)	560	(3)
Hinderlider v. La Plata & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. (1938)	563	(2)
Note on the Official Illegitimacy of Federal Common Law	565	(1)
The Erie Myth	566	(1)
Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. (1988)	566	(3)
Notes on Boyle	569	(1)
Note on Constitutional Common Law	570	(1)
New Federal Causes of Action	571	(1)
Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. (1981)	572	(2)
Thompson v. Thompson (1988)	574	(5)
Freestanding Federal Common-Law Causes of Action	579	(1)
Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. (1970)	579	(5)
Notes on Moragne	584	(3)
Supremacy And Preemption	587	(36)
Preliminary Notes on Federal Law in State as well as Federal Courts	587	(1)
When Federal Law Governs: Introductory Notes on Supremacy and Preemption	587	(1)
Monroe v. Pape (1961)	588	(1)
Supremacy	589	(1)
Testa v. Katt (1947)	589	(2)
Notes on Testa	591	(1)
Howlett v. Rose (1990)	592	(2)
``Reverse-Erie:'' The Administration of Federal Law in State Courts	594	(1)
Introduction: Federal Substance and State Procedure	594	(1)
Dice v. Akron (1952)	595	(3)
Note on Dice	598	(1)
American Dredging Co. v. Miller (1994)	599	(4)
Notes on Miller	603	(2)
The Curious Example of the Federal Arbitration Act	605	(1)
Allied-Bruce Terminix Companies, Inc. v. Dobson (1995)	605	(1)
Conflict Preemption	606	(1)
Introductory Note	606	(1)
California v. ARC America Corp. (1989)	606	(4)
Notes on ARC America	610	(2)
Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles (1989)	612	(2)
Field Preemption	614	(1)
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino (1964)	614	(6)
Notes on Sabbatino	620	(1)
Zschernig v. Miller (1968)	621	(1)
Summing Up	622	(1)
When State Law Governs	623	(21)
Notes on Federal Incorporation of State Law	623	(1)
DeSylva v. Ballentine (1956)	624	(1)
Miree v. DeKalb County, Georgia (1977)	625	(4)
Notes on Miree	629	(1)
In Re ``Agent Orange'' Product Liability Litigation (1980)	629	(1)
Statutory Incorporation of State Law	630	(1)
Robertson v. Wegmann (1978)	630	(6)
Notes on Wegmann	636	(1)
Hardin v. Straub (1989)	636	(1)
Administering Federal Courts in State-Law Cases	637	(1)
Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. (1996)	638	(6)
Federal Conflicts Law	644	(27)
Introductory Notes on Federal Choice Rules	644	(1)
Interstate Choices in Federal Cases	644	(1)
Preliminary Notes on Federal Law and Interstate Conflicts	644	(1)
Federal Statutory Choices Among State Laws	645	(1)
International Paper Co. v. Ouellette (1987)	645	(1)
Notes on Ouellette	646	(1)
Federal Common-Law Choices Among State Laws	646	(1)
Texas v. New Jersey (1965)	646	(1)
Notes on Texas v. New Jersey	647	(1)
Interstate Choices for Federal Courts Only	647	(1)
Klaxon Co. Stentor Electric Mfg. Co., Inc. (1941)	648	(1)
Van Dusen v. Barrack (1964)	648	(4)
Notes on Van Dusen	652	(1)
Schreiber v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (1979)	653	(1)
In Re ``Agent Orange'' Product Liability Litigation (1984)	654	(12)
Notes on Agent Orange	666	(2)
In Re Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. (1995)	668	(1)
A Genuine Federal Common Law of Choice of Law	668	(1)
Donald T. Trautman, The Relation Between Federal Common Law and Conflict of Laws (1977)	669	(1)
Notes on a Federal Common Law of Choice of Law	669	(2)
Judgments	671	(106)
Basic Principles	671	(30)
Finality in the Rendering State---Res Judicata	671	(1)
The Policies Behind Finality	671	(1)
Claim Preclusion and Issue Preclusion	671	(2)
The Dimensions of a Claim or Cause of Action	673	(1)
Persons Affected by Res Judicata---Parties and Privies	673	(1)
Strangers to the Litigation---Mutuality of Estoppel	674	(1)
Interstate Finality---Full Faith and Credit	675	(1)
Whose Law of Finality	676	(1)
Finley v. Kesling (1982)	676	(3)
Notes and Questions on Finley and the Contours of the Full Faith and Credit Obligation	679	(2)
Hart v. American Airlines (1969)	681	(1)
Full Faith and Credit to In Rem Proceedings	682	(1)
Harnischfeger Sales Corp. v. Sternberg Dredging Co. (1939)	682	(2)
Notes and Questions on Harnishchfeger and Recognition of In Rem Proceedings	684	(1)
Combs v. Combs (1933)	685	(2)
Recognition of Judgments of Foreign Nations	687	(1)
Hilton v. Guyot (1895)	687	(1)
Notes and Questions on Hilton and the Recognition of Foreign Nation Judgments	687	(9)
Telnikoff v. Matsuevitch (1997)	696	(3)
Notes and Comments on Telnikoff	699	(2)
The Reach and Limits of Full Faith and Credit	701	(62)
Overview	701	(1)
The Iron Law of Full Faith and Credit	701	(1)
Fauntleroy v. Lum (1908)	701	(2)
Notes and Questions on Fauntleroy	703	(1)
Inconsistent Judgments	704	(2)
Exceptions to the Iron Law I---Problems with the F-1 Decree	706	(1)
Judgments Not on the Merits	707	(1)
Lack of Finality	707	(1)
The Judgment and Fraud	708	(1)
Lack of Personal Jurisdiction	709	(1)
Baldwin v. Iowa State Men's Traveling Ass'n (1931)	710	(1)
Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction	710	(1)
Durfee v. Duke (1963)	710	(4)
The ``Bootstrap'' Principle	714	(1)
Chicot County Drainage Dist. v. Baxter State Bank (1940)	715	(1)
Kalb v. Feurerstein (1940)	716	(1)
Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Illinois (1976)	717	(1)
The Land Taboo	718	(1)
Fall v. Eastin (1909)	718	(4)
Notes and Questions on Fall and the Land Taboo	722	(1)
Clarke v. Clarke (1900)	723	(2)
Notes and Questions	725	(2)
Exceptions to the Iron Law II---F-2's Ability to Ignore a Valid F1-Judgment	727	(1)
Lack of a Competent Court in F-2	727	(1)
Kenney v. Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose (1920)	727	(1)
Notes and Questions	727	(1)
Penal and Tax Judgments	728	(1)
Huntington v. Attrill (1892)	728	(1)
Milwaukee County v. M.E. White Co. (1935)	729	(1)
Notes	729	(1)
The Special Problem of Equity Decrees	730	(1)
James v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. (1958)	730	(3)
Notes and Questions on James	733	(2)
Public Policy and Full Faith and Credit	735	(1)
Yarborough v. Yarborough (1933)	735	(4)
Notes and Questions	739	(1)
Thomas v. Washington Gas Light Co. (1980)	739	(10)
Confusion at the Top: Notes and Questions on Thomas v. Washington Gas Light	749	(3)
Note on Public Policy, Full Faith and Credit and § 103 of the Restatement (Second)	752	(1)
Baker v. General Motors Corp. (1998)	753	(7)
Notes and Questions on the Baker Case	760	(3)
Federal-State Preclusion	763	(14)
Federal-State Preclusion	763	(1)
Introduction	763	(1)
Recognition of State Judgments on State Questions	763	(1)
Recognition of State Judgments on Federal Questions	764	(1)
Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1985)	764	(4)
Notes on Marrese	768	(1)
Allen v. McCurry (1980)	768	(1)
Recognition of Federal Judgments on Federal Questions	769	(1)
Federated Department Stores v. Moitie (1981)	769	(1)
Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank (1986)	770	(2)
Notes on Parsons Steel	772	(1)
Recognition of Federal Judgments on State Questions	772	(1)
Notes on the Preclusive Effect of Federal Judgments in State-Law Cases	773	(1)
Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (2001)	773	(4)
Family Law	777
Scope Note	777	(1)
Marriage	777	(7)
The Place of Celebration	777	(1)
In Re May's Estate (1953)	777	(3)
Notes and Questions on Celebrating the Law of the Place of Celebration	780	(1)
Annulment	780	(1)
Wilkins v. Zelichowski (1958)	780	(1)
The Incidental Question	780	(1)
In Re Estate of Lenherr (1974)	780	(2)
Notes and Questions	782	(1)
The Defense of Marriage Act	782	(2)
Divorce and Marital Support	784	(36)
Jurisdiction to Divorce	784	(1)
Williams v. North Carolina [Williams I] (1942)	784	(6)
Notes and Questions on Williams I and the Domicile Rule	790	(1)
Recognition and Collateral Attack	791	(1)
Williams v. North Carolina [Williams II] (1945)	791	(5)
Notes and Questions on Williams II	796	(1)
Precluding Collateral Attack---Bilateral Divorces	797	(1)
Sherrer v. Sherrer (1948)	797	(4)
Notes and Questions on Sherrer	801	(1)
Collateral Attack by Third Persons	801	(1)
Johnson v. Meulberger (1953)	801	(1)
Divisible Divorce	802	(1)
Estin v. Estin (1948)	802	(3)
Notes and Questions on Divisible Divorce	805	(1)
Simons v. Miami Beach First National Bank (1965)	806	(3)
Notes and Questions on Simons	809	(1)
Re-Thinking the Williams Doctrine	809	(1)
Dividing Marital Property	810	(1)
Alternative Bases for Divorce Jurisdiction	810	(1)
Alton v. Alton (1953)	810	(1)
Notes and Questions on Other Bases for Divorce Jurisdiction	810	(7)
International Divorces	817	(1)
Choice of Law	818	(2)
Custody	820	(21)
Jurisdiction	820	(1)
Introductory Notes	820	(1)
Sampsell v. Superior Court (1948)	820	(1)
Rexford v. Rexford (1980)	821	(4)
Notes and Questions on Rexford	825	(1)
Analysis of The UCCJA	826	(1)
Jurisdiction	826	(2)
Modification	828	(1)
An Evaluation	828	(1)
Recognition	829	(1)
May v. Anderson (1953)	830	(4)
Notes and Questions on Custody, and the Constitution	834	(1)
Notes and Questions on May v. Anderson and the UCCJA	835	(1)
In Re M.L.K. (1989)	836	(1)
The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act	837	(2)
A Note on the UCCJEA	839	(1)
International Problems	839	(2)
Child Support	841
The Problem	841	(1)
Jurisdiction	841	(1)
Kulko v. California Superior Court (1978)	841	(6)
Notes and Questions on Kulko	847	(2)
Huggins v. Deinhard (1982)	849	(1)
Recognition	850	(1)
Choice of Law	851	(1)
Statutory Solutions	851	(1)
Welsher v. Rager (1997)	851	(4)
Notes and Questions on Welsher	855	(4)
Determining the Controlling Order and CEJ Under UIFSA [Form]	859
Problem Supplement	1	(1)
Table of Cases	1	(1)
Table of Authorities	1	(1)
Index	1