Conflict of Laws (Spring 2008)
Professor Rhonda Wasserman
Conflict of Laws Power Point Slides
| Class 1 (1/7/08): General Introduction; Intro. to Territorial Approach & First Restatement; Intro. to Selections on Torts; Alabama R.R. v. Carroll | Class 2 (1/8/08): Ala. R.R. v. Carroll; Marra v. Bushee; Selections from 1st Rest. on Contracts; Poole v. Perkins; Linn v. Employers Reins. Corp. | Class 3 (1/14/08): Linn v. Employers Reins. Corp.; Intro. to Domicile; White v. Tennant; Rodriguez Diaz v. Sierra Martinez | Class 4 (1/15/08): Selections from 1st Rest. on Marriage; In Re Mays Estate; Lanham v. Lanham | Class 5 (1/22/08): Same-sex Marriage; Intro. to the Situs Rule and Selections from 1st Rest. on Real Prop.; Burr v. Beckler; Thomson v. Kyle; Characterization; Intro. to Renvoi | Class 6 (1/28/08): Intro. to Renvoi; In re Estate of Damato; Substance/Procedure; Sampson v. Channell |
| Class 7 (1/29/08): Sampson v. Channell; O'Leary v. Illinois; Statutes of Limitations; Duke v. Housen; Public Policy Exception | Class 8 (2/4/08): Marchlik v. Coronet Ins. Co.; Holzer v. Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellshaft; Proof of Foreign Law; Tidewater Oil Co. v. Waller | Class 9 (2/5/08): Tidewater Oil; Intro. to the New Learning; Haag v. Barnes; Intro. to Governmental Interest Analysis | Class 10 (2/11/08): false conflicts & Babcock v. Jackson; hypothetical variations on Babcock; true conflicts & Lilienthal v. Kaufman | Class 11 (2/12/08): apparent conflicts & Bernkrant v. Fowler; unprovided-for cases & Hurtado v. Superior Ct.; Neumeier v. Kuehner | Class 12 (2/18/08): Neumeier v. Kuehner; apply Neumeier Rules beyond guest statute context: Schultz v. Boy Scouts; Padula v. Lilarn Props. |
| Class 13 (2/19/08): Padula v. Lilarn Props.; Theoretical Criticisms of Interest Analysis; Comparative Impairment & Bernhard v. Harrah's Club; Choice-Influencing Considerations, the "Better Rule," and Milkovich v. Saari | Class 14 (2/25/08): Intro. to Second Restatement of Conflicts; Phillips v. GMC; §§ 6, 146, 175 & 145(2) | Class 15 2/26/08): 2d Restatement regarding Contracts; Nedlloyd Lines v. Super. Ct.; COL clause from Nedlloyd Lines; §§ 187(1), 187(2) & 188(2); Kipin Indus. v. Deilen Int'l; Comments on Scope of COL Clauses | Class 16 (3/3/08): After-acquired domicile: Reich v. Purcell; renvoi: Pfau v. Trent Aluminum Co.; comments on substance/procedure and public policy exception; intro. to choice-of-law and the Internet; AOL v. Nat'l Health Care Discount, Inc. | Class 17 (3/4/08): Choice-of-law and the Internet: AOL v. Nat'l Health Care Discount, Inc.; World-Interactive Gaming; Jeri-Jo; and the Yahoo case | Class 18 (3/17/08): Intro. to Constitutional Limits on Choice of Law; Due Process & Full Faith and Credit Clauses; Home Ins. Co. v. Dick; Watson v. Employers Liab. Assurance Corp. |
| Class 19 (3/18/08): Watson v. Employers Liab. Assurance Corp.; Clay v. Sun Ins. Office, Ltd.; Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague | Class 20 (3/24/08): Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague; Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts | Class 21 (3/25/08): Sun Oil v. Wortman; Intro. to Erie Doctrine; Erie R.R. v. Tompkins | Class 22 (3/31/08): Klaxon v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co.; Van Dusen v. Barrack | Class 23 (4/1/08): Van Dusen v. Barrack; Semtek Int'l v. Lockheed Martin Corp.; Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) | Class 24 (4/4/08): Intro. to Judgments; Intro. to Full Faith and Credit; Durfee v. Duke |
| Class 25 (4/7/08): Fall v. Eastin; Kalb v. Feuerstein; Allen v. McCurry | Class 26 (4/8/08): Fauntleroy v. Lum; Baker v. General Motors Corp.; Defense of Marriage Act | Class 27 (4/14/08): Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co.; EECO v. Aramco; Lauritzen v. Larsen & Jones Act | Class 28 (4/15/08): Review Session (no slides) |