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GUTIERREZ v. COLLINS

No. B-7943.

583 S.W.2d 312 (1979)

Esperanza GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. Edward R. COLLINS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam J. Dwyer, Jr., El Paso, for petitioner.

Dudley & Dudley, Paul W. Dudley, El Paso, for respondent.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

This appeal brings into question the continued validity of two conflict of laws rules which heretofore have been considered well-established in this state: the rule of lex loci delicti and the dissimilarity doctrine. The trial court dismissed petitioner's case for want of jurisdiction. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 570 S.W.2d 101. Having carefully considered the matter, we reverse the judgments...

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