Long v. Holland America Line Westours, Inc.

A. Introduction

Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws § 187(2)(b) (1971), correctly applied, requires us to apply Washington law in deciding whether the one-year claims time limit specified in the parties’ written tour contract is enforceable.1 Because the time limit is en*438forceable under Washington law,2 the law the parties chose, we should enforce it. Enfore-ing it would offend no fundamental policy of Alaska, and certainly not the sole purpose of Alaska's statutes of limitations: avoidance of stale claims. The one-year time limit was legally and factually reasonable. Alaska's interests do…