SIMON v. U.S.

No. 94S00-0308-CQ-377.

805 N.E.2d 798 (2004)

Louis SIMON, et al., Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. UNITED STATES, Appellee (Defendant below). John Fare, Appellant (Cross-Plaintiff below), v. United States, Appellee (Cross-Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Mulvaney, Nana Quay-Smith, Indianapolis, IN, Joel S. Perwin, Michael S. Olin, Miami, FL, Arthur Raynes, Stephen Raynes, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph Lamonaca, Chadds Ford, PA, Attorneys for Appellants.

Peter D. Kiesler, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Susan W. Brooks, United States Attorney, Thomas E. Kieper, Assistant United States Attorney, Terence M. Healy, Rodney Patton, United States Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, Attorneys for Appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has certified two questions regarding Indiana's choice-of-law rules. We hold that there is a true conflict between the choice of law rules of Indiana and the District of Columbia because Indiana does not engage in dépeçage and has not adopted the policy analysis component of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws approach. In...

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