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The Effect Of A Post-Occurrence Change Of Domicile Upon A Choice Of Law Determining The Validity Of Other-Insurance Clauses In An Accident Policy, Moffatt Hancock

Dalhousie Law Journal

The state has a legitimate interest in applying a rule of decision to... litigation only if the facts to which the rule will be applied have created effects within the state for which the state's public policy is directed. To assess the sufficiency of asserted contacts between the forum and the litigation, the court must determine if the contacts form a reasonable link between the litigation and a state policy. Mr. Justice Powell' I. Facts of the Hague Case Like many hundreds of his fellow countrymen, Ralph Hague (with his wife Lavinia) made his home in one state, Wisconsin, and …