center of gravity doctrine

center of gravity doctrine
Choice of law questions in conflicts of law are resolved by application of the law of the jurisdiction which has the most significant relationship to or contact with event and parties to the litigation and the issues therein. Term is used synonymously with most significant relationship or grouping of contacts theory. Mitchell v. Craft, Miss., 211 So.2d 509; Baffin Land Corp. v. Monticello Motor Inn, 70 Wash.2d 893, 425 P.2d 623, 625

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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