DeBoer v. Schmidt

I would agree with the majority’s analysis if the DeBoers had gone to Iowa, purchased a carload of hay from Cara Clausen, and then found themselves in litigation in Iowa with Daniel Schmidt, who also claimed an interest in the hay. It could then properly be said that the DeBoers "must be taken to have known”1 that, rightly or wrongly, the Iowa courts might rule against them, and they should, as gracefully as possible,2 accept an adverse decision of the Iowa courts. Michigan would then have had no interest in the outcome, and would routinely enforce a decree of the Iowa courts against the…