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“when disposition of a federal question requires reference to state law, federal courts are not bound by the forum state's choice of law rules, but are free to apply the law considered relevant to the pending controversy.”
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Union of Flight Attendants, Local No. 1 v. Air Micronesia, Inc.
when disposition of a federal question requires reference to state law, federal courts are not bound by the forum state's choice of law rules, but are free to apply the law considered relevant to the pending controversy.
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Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation v. Mark Simonich
(2×)
See Lurie v. California, 633 F.2d 786, 788-89 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981).
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State v. Schulze
(2×)
See People v. Kurland, 28 Cal.3d 376 , 618 P.2d 213 , 168 Cal.Rptr. 667 (Cal.1980), ce rt. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981).
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Hoffman v. Schweig (In Re Schweig)
The crucial question of “whether such obligations are in fact for ‘support’ and therefore not dischargeable in bankruptcy, is a question of fact to be decided by the Bankruptcy Court as trier of fact in light of all the facts and circumstances relevant to the intention of the parties.” In re Williams, 703 F.2d 1055, 1058 (8th Cir.1983); accord, In re Yeates, 807 F.2d 874, 878 (10th Cir.1986) (“This determination must be made looking at the substance of the agreement ‘viewed in the crucible of the surrounding circumstances’ ”) (quoting Matter of Crist, 632 F.2d 1226, 1229 (5th C…
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Schochet v. State
See People v. Onofre, 415 N.E.2d 936 (N.Y.1980), cert. denied 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2323 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981); State v. Pilcher, 242 N.W.2d 348 (Iowa 1976); Post v. State, 715 P.2d 1105 (Okla.Crim.
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Frito-Lay, Inc. v. Bachman Co.
See Brager & Co., Inc. v. Leumi Securities Corp., 429 F.Supp. 1341 (S.D.N.Y.1977), aff 'd, 646 F.2d 559 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981).
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Craig V. v. Mia W.
Rather, that rule should be limited to situations involving property rights or economic or monetary gains, obtained as the result of wrongdoing and "should not * * * be extended to the field of sexual morality even though such acts may be illegal” (Matter of La Croix v Deyo, supra, p 392; see, People v Onofre, 51 NY2d 476 , cert denied 451 US 987 ).
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Hall v. Hall (In Re Hall)
See Matter of Crist, 632 F.2d 1226, 1228-29 (5th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 986 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981).
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Reborn Enterprises, Inc. v. Fine Child, Inc.
See Brager & Co. v. Leumi Securities Corp., 429 F.Supp. 1341, 1345 (S.D.N.Y.1977) (Weinfeld, J.), aff'd mem., 646 F.2d 559 (2d Cir.1980), cert, denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981); I.
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Marjorie H. Rowland v. Mad River Local School District, Montgomery County, Ohio, a Public Body Corporate, Robert L. Bell
(2×)
See People v. Onofre, 51 N.Y.2d 476 , 434 N.Y.S.2d 947 , 415 N.E.2d 936 (1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2323 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981).
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Adair v. Spotsylvania County
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See Lurie v. California, 633 F.2d 786, 788 (9th Cir.1980), cert. den. 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 ; see also 17 Wright, Miller & Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure § 4243, cases cited at n. 34 and accompanying text.
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Bulkferts Inc. v. Salatin Inc.
Proof of the independence of the actors requires an analysis of the “economic realities of their relationship.” Id.; see generally, Brager v. Leumi Securities, 429 F.Supp. 1341, 1345 (S.D.N.Y.1977) (Weinfeld, J.), aff'd, 646 F.2d 559 (1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981); Las Vegas Sun Inc. v. Summa, Inc., 610 F.2d 614 , 617 (9th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 447 U.S. 906 , 100 S.Ct. 2988 , 64 L.Ed.2d 855 (1980); Hunt-Wesson Foods v. Ragu Foods, 627 F.2d 919 , 927 n. 5 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 921 , 101 S.Ct. 1369 , 67 L.Ed.2d 348 (1981); DuPo…
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The American Civil Liberties Union Of Georgia v. Rabun County Chamber Of Commerce
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Although the promotion of tourism is a secular goal commonly pursued by states, cities and counties alike, a government may not "employ religious means to reach a secular goal unless secular means are wholly unavailing." School District of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 294 , 83 S.Ct. 1560, 1609 , 10 L.Ed.2d 844 (1963) (Brennan, J., concurring); see Gilfillan v. City of Philadelphia, 637 F.2d 924, 930 (3d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981) (rejecting city's alleged secular purpose of improving public relations by constructing platform, i…
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American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia v. Rabun County Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
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Although the promotion of tourism is a secular goal commonly pursued by states, cities and counties alike, a government may not “employ religious means to reach a secular goal unless secular means are wholly unavailing.” School District of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 294 , 83 S.Ct. 1560, 1609 , 10 L.Ed.2d 844 (1963) (Brennan, J., concurring); see Gil fillan v. City of Philadelphia, 637 F.2d 924, 930 (3d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981) (rejecting city’s alleged secular purpose of improving public relations by constructing plat…
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The American Civil Liberties Union Of Georgia v. Rabun County Chamber Of Commerce
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also: Cited "see, e.g."
Although the promotion of tourism is a secular goal commonly pursued by states, cities and counties alike, a government may not "employ religious means to reach a secular goal unless secular means are wholly unavailing." School District of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 294 , 83 S.Ct. 1560, 1609 , 10 L.Ed.2d 844 (1963) (Brennan, J., concurring); see Gilfillan v. City of Philadelphia, 637 F.2d 924, 930 (3d Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981) (rejecting city's alleged secular purpose of improving public relations by constructing platform, …
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American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia v. Rabun County Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
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also: Cited "see, e.g."
Although the promotion of tourism is a secular goal commonly pursued by states, cities and counties alike, a government may not “employ religious means to reach a secular goal unless secular means are wholly unavailing.” School District of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 294 , 83 S.Ct. 1560, 1609 , 10 L.Ed.2d 844 (1963) (Brennan, J., concurring); see Gilfillan v. City of Philadelphia, 637 F.2d 924, 930 (3d Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981) (rejecting city’s alleged secular purpose of improving public relations by constructing plat…
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Kim v. Coppin State College
They must be free to sift evanescent doctrine, qualified by time and circumstance, from that restless enduring process of extending the bounds of understanding and wisdom, to assure which the freedoms of thought, of speech, of inquiry, of worship are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States against infraction by national or State government. 344 U.S. at 196-97 , 73 S.Ct. at 221 (Frankfurter, J., concurring). 8 The Court limited the permissible defamation to that tolerated under New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 , 84 S.Ct. 710 , 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964), and its progeny, that…
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Monarch Capital Corp. v. Bath (In Re Bath)
See, e.g., Matter of Crist, 632 F.2d 1226, 1229 (5th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 986 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981); In re Segretario, 258 B.R. 541, 544-45 (Bankr.D.Conn.2001).
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Agathos v. Starlite Motel
See, e.g., Gilfillan v. City of Philadelphia, 637 F.2d 924 , 931 n. 6 (3d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981).
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Agathos v. Starlite Motel.
See, e.g., Gilfillan v. City of Philadelphia, 637 F.2d 924 , 931 n. 6 (3d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981).
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Federal Deposit Insurance v. Rusconi
See also In re Crist, 632 F.2d 1226 , 1229 (5th Cir.1980) ("When disposition of a federal question requires reference to state law, federal courts are not bound by the forum state’s choice of law rules, but are free to apply the law considered relevant to the pending controversy.") (citing 1A Moore’s Federal Practice ¶ 0.325 (2d ed. 1979)), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 986 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981); Quadrini v. Sikorsky Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corp., 425 F.Supp. 81, 88 (D.Conn.1977) ("[WJhen a district court is, to a considerable extent, functioning as a state court, s…
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Federal Deposit Insurance v. Rusconi
See also In re Crist, 632 F.2d 1226 , 1229 (5th Cir.1980) ("When disposition of a federal question requires reference to state law, federal courts are not bound by the forum state’s choice of law rules, but are free to apply the law considered relevant to the pending controversy.”) (citing 1A Moore’s Federal Practice ¶ 0.325 (2d ed. 1979)), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 986 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981); Quadrini v. Sikorsky Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corp., 425 F.Supp. 81, 88 (D.Conn.1977) (”[W]hen a district court is, to a considerable extent, functioning as a state cour…
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Alston v. Robinson
(2×)
See also Lurie v. California., 633 F.2d 786, 787-88 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981).
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High Tech Gays v. Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office
Adolph Coors Co. v. Wallace, 570 F.Supp. 202 , 209 n. 24 (N.D.Cal.1983); see also People v. Onofre, 51 N.Y.2d 476 , 434 N.Y.S.2d 947 , 415 N.E.2d 936 (N.Y.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2323 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981); Gay Law Students Ass’n v. Pacific Tel. & Tel., 24 Cal.3d 458 , 156 Cal.Rptr. 14 , 595 P.2d 592 (1979); Note, The Constitutional Status of Sexual Orientation: Homosexuality as a Suspect Classification, 98 Harv.L.Rev. 1285 (1985); but see Padula v. Webster, 822 F.2d 97 (D.C.Cir.1987) (WESTLAW, Allfeds Library) (“homosexuals, as defined as persons who engage in homo…
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Rich v. Secretary of Army
Compare DeSantis v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., 608 F.2d 327 (9th Cir.1979) ("courts have not designated homosexuals as ‘suspect’ or ‘quasi-suspect’ classification so as to require more exacting scrutiny” under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (3)) and Lovisi v. Slayton, 539 F.2d 349, 352 (4th Cir.1976) (en banc) (addendum added after Supreme Court affirmed Doe) (Doe “necessarily confined the constitutionally protected right of privacy to heterosexual conduct.”), cer t. denied, 429 U.S. 977 , 97 S.Ct. 485 , 50 L.Ed.2d 585 (1976) with Baker v. Wade, 553 F.Supp. 1121 (N.D.Tex.1982) (develo…
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O'Donnell v. Georgia Osteopathic Hospital, Inc.
See, e.g., EEOC v. Safeway Stores, 634 F.2d 1273 , 1281-82 (10th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 986 , 101 S.Ct. 2321 , 68 L.Ed.2d 844 (1981); Hill v. Western Elec.
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General Electric Co. v. Bucyrus-Erie Co.
See also Brager & Co. v. Leumi Securities Corp., 429 F.Supp. 1341, 1349 (S.D.N.Y.1977), aff’d, 646 F.2d 559 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 987 , 101 S.Ct. 2322 , 68 L.Ed.2d 845 (1981). 6 .
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Lurie
v.
California
v.
California
No. 80-1590.
Supreme Court of the United States.
May 18, 1981.
Cited by 1 opinion | Published
Citer courts: D. Hawaii (1)
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.