Legal Opinion
Horowitz v. Schneider National, Inc.
District Court, D. Wyoming
Decided March 3, 1989No. C88-0100JPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT RELATING TO PUNITIVE DAMAGES
JOHNSON, District Judge.
Conflict of Laws
In diversity actions, a federal district court must apply the substantive law of the state in which it sits. Vandeventer v. Four Corners Electric Company, Inc., 663 F.2d 1016, 1017 (10th Cir.1981) (citations omitted). In determining the applicable substantive law, courts use that state’s conflict-of-laws rules. Dworkin v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 647 F.Supp. 1278, 1281 (D.Wyo.1986) (citing Klaxon v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Company, 313 U.S. 487, 61 S.Ct. 1020, 85 L.Ed. 1477 (1941)). These…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aetna Life Insurance v. LavoieSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Reich v. PurcellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. CrenshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Stoner v. Nash Finch, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
- Stoner v. Nash Finch, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1989