Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Arteaga

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided April 6, 2015No. 333, 2014Published

1DissentVaughn, Justice

Under the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws §§ 145, 146, and 175, the law of Mexico, as the situs of the Appel-lees’ injury, is presumed to apply to the parties’ rights and liabilities unless Texas has a more significant relationship to the occurrence and the parties under the principles set forth in § 6 of the Restatement.71 Because I believe'the Appellees have successfully rebutted the presumption that Mexican law applies to the substantive issues of this case, I respectfully dissent.

The contacts to be taken into account in applying the principles of § 6 include the four contacts set…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gutierrez v. CollinsTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Hurtado v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Travelers Indemnity Co. v. LakeSupreme Court of Delaware · 1991
  4. McLennan v. American Eurocopter Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  5. Bryant v. SilvermanArizona Supreme Court · 1985

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