Helen Charash v. Oberlin College

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to apply Ohio’s choice of law rules in a diversity action by a New Jersey resident against an Ohio not-for-profit corporation.' Because the plaintiff charges the defendant with converting property included in the estate of a New York resident at the time of her death, and allegedly misappropriated by a New York resident before delivery to the defendant, the plaintiff contends that the substantive law of New York controls the issues raised by her complaint. Applying an Ohio statute of limitations, the district court found the action…