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Milliken v. Meyer

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Milliken v. Meyer
Argued December 13, 1940
Decided December 23, 1940
Full case nameMilliken, et al. v. Meyer, Administratrix
Citations311 U.S. 457 (more)
61 S. Ct. 339; 85 L. Ed. 278; 1940 U.S. LEXIS 2; 132 A.L.R. 1357
Court membership
Chief Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Associate Justices
James C. McReynolds · Harlan F. Stone
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Case opinion
MajorityDouglas, joined by unanimous

Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457 (1940), was a U.S. legal case in which both parties were residents of Wyoming. However, the defendant, Meyer, at the time of the suit was served personally in Colorado. In the subsequent trial he collaterally challenged the ruling in WY citing the court's previous holding in Pennoyer v Neff. The U.S. Supreme Court found that individuals can be sued in the state of their domicile for all claims.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457, 1940.
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