Forum State Must Have a Sufficient Aggregate of Contacts to Apply Forum Law

Date

1981

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Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Describes the United States Supreme Court’s case Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague. In Hague, the widow of decedent Ralph Hague brought an uninsured motorist claim on the automobile policy they held that was issued by Allstate insurance in a Minnesota court. Despite the fact that the accident happened in Wisconsin and that all persons concerned were Wisconsin residents at the time of the accident. The issued contested was whether Minnesota was an applicable forum state for the action. The Court found that the parties sufficient aggregate contacts in Minnesota because the decedent worked in the state, the defendant did business in the state, and the executrix of the estate resided in the state at the time of litigation.

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Keywords

Contacts, Choice of law, Jurisdiction, Due process, Full faith and credit, Allstate Insurance Co. v. Hague, Case note

Citation

12 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 983