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CHESAPEAKE SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT v. J.I. CASE CO.

Civ. A. No. 88-1046-A.

700 F.Supp. 1415 (1988)

The CHESAPEAKE SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff, Commonwealth of Virginia, Intervenor, v. J.I. CASE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

November 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Chamowitz, Bruce B. McHale, Chamowitz & Chamowitz, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiff.

Maurice J. McSweeney, Jane Golden Belford, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Introduction

This case is a striking example of the potency of choice of law rules in a multi-state contract context. It is a reminder that parties act at their peril when they fail to make explicit their choice of law and instead leave that decision to the conflicts rules of some future, perhaps unforeseen, forum.

The precise choice of law issue presented here is whether Maryland, Virginia...

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