Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2007
Journal Title
SMU Law Review
ISSN
1066-1271
Abstract
State and national laws collide when foreign factors appear in a lawsuit. Nonresident litigants, incidents outside the forum, parallel lawsuits, and judgments from other jurisdictions can create problems with personal jurisdiction, choice of law, and the recognition of foreign judgments. This article reviews Texas conflicts cases from state and federal courts during the Survey period from October 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. The article excludes cases involving federal-state conflicts, intrastate issues, such as subject-matter jurisdiction and venue, and conflicts in time, such as the applicability of prior or subsequent law within a state. State and federal cases are discussed together because conflict of laws is mostly a state-law topic, except for a few constitutional limits, resulting in the same rules applying to most issues in state and federal courts.
First Page
817
Last Page
838
Volume Number
60
Issue Number
3
Publisher
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Recommended Citation
James P. George & Anna K. Teller,
Conflict of Laws (2007),
60
S.M.U. L. Rev.
817
(2007).
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