Harodite Industries, Inc. v. Warren Electric Corp.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partJustice Flaherty
We write separately because we believe that this Court is passing on an opportunity to bring our jurisprudence in line with a substantial majority of jurisdictions in this country by announcing that statutes of limitations are procedural in nature and thus the law of the forum state controls.30 Such a pronouncement would eliminate the need for parties, trial courts, and this Court to conduct torturous interest-weighing tests on what are clearly procedural questions that inevitably lead to inconsistent and unpredictable results and undermine judicial efficiency.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Sun Oil Co. v. WortmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Woodward v. StewartSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
- Wetzell v. BussardSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
- Hossler Ex Rel. Dows v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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