Schultz v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc.

I respectfully dissent. In my view, the majority overstates the significance of New Jersey’s interests in having its law apply in this case and understates the interests of New York. While I agree with much of the majority’s general exposition of the rules governing conflicts of law, nevertheless I believe that its application of these rules to the facts of this case and the resulting analysis are uneven. By casting the issue almost exclusively in terms of New Jersey’s law of charitable immunity and the policy purposes represented thereby, the majority preordains its decision that the…